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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lancet window¹

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

It was afterwards placed across the nave, near the west end, under the organ which blocked up the great triple lancet window.

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Beyond the ends of the choir aisles on either side of the presbytery is a lancet window.

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She could not see his features clearly, since the sun, pouring in through a tall lancet window behind him, dazzled her eyes.

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Teampul-Ree has two round-headed lights and a lancet window, twelfth century work.

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The North Side of the nave corresponds with the south, each bay containing a lancet window in the clerestory.

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