bow window

[ boh ]

/ boʊ /

a rounded bay window.

Origin of bow window

First recorded in 1745–55

bow-win·dowed, adjective

"And of course from the other bow-window higher up," he added, almost pitifully, in his careful casualness.

Hilda Lessways |Arnold Bennett
Harry crept in on tiptoe, past the bookshelves eloquently bare, to the bow-window with the drawn Venetian blinds.

Young Blood |E. W. Hornung
The bow-window was filled with plants, and orange trees and other shrubs were arranged in large pots along the side of the room.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876. |Various
As for the rest, Boodle's is all we can promise; miserable consolation for the bow-window.

The Young Duke |Benjamin Disraeli

You can see it from the bow-window of your room—I mean that oddly-shaped hill to the right.

Guy Deverell, v. 1 of 2 |Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

bow window

/ (bəʊ) /

a bay window in the shape of a curve