Oriel

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] W. Hamper.

2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] Cowell.

3. A bay window. See Bay window. The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven glass. Tennyson.