Meanings
noundormer window (plural dormer windows)
plural dormer windows
- alternativeAlternative form of dormer-window.
Many of the houses have neat little dormer windows and tall stone chimneys, and Corfe's older buildings include the fine old manor house.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
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