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lancet window

noun

Architecture.
  1. a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.


lancet window

noun

  1. a narrow window having a lancet arch Sometimes shortened tolancet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of lancet window1

First recorded in 1775–85
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His lancet windows feature entire segments, such as the protesters’ placards, crafted in different shades of white, allowing sunshine to come pouring through.

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The home has gone largely untouched over the years, and it still retains many original details like ornate woodworking, lancet windows and stained glass.

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The lush woods enveloping the property peek through the church-like lancet windows.

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The rock sits on the south side of the nave at the heart of a stained glass design covering three lancet windows, depicting a vast cosmos of colorful swirls and dark celestial globes.

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But then you notice the lancet windows of the city’s Victorian-gothic cathedral, and the British street names: Chancery Lane, Bristol Avenue, Fenwick Street.

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