lancet window


noun Architecture.

a high, narrow window terminating in a lancet arch.

Origin of lancet window

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby lancet window

Example sentences from the Web for lancet window

  • When Danny left the church that night it was through the lancet-window of the vestry.

    The Deemster |Hall Caine

British Dictionary definitions for lancet window

lancet window

noun

a narrow window having a lancet arch Sometimes shortened to: lancet