Meaning and Origin
What does the name Oriel mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from France, the name Oriel is of Latin origin and means "Golden".
- A gallery for minstrels.(Obs)
- A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.(Obs)
- [Arch] A bay window. See Bay window."The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven glass." [Tennyson.]
Note: ☞ There is no generally admitted difference between a bay window and an oriel. In the United States the latter name is often applied to bay windows which are small, and either polygonal or round; also, to such as are corbeled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground.
Etymology: OF. oriol gallery, corridor, LL. oriolum portico, hall, prob. fr. L. aureolus gilded, applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See Oriole
- A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
Old French oriol (“gallery, corridor”), Late Latin oriolum (“portico, hall”), probably from Latin aureolus (“gilded”), applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See oriole. Or a diminutive of Latin os (“mouth”).
- (architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
- (obsolete) A gallery for minstrels.
- (obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.