refenestration

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noun

The act of fitting a building with new windows.

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Meanings

nounrefenestration (countable and uncountable, plural refenestrations)

plural refenestrations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of fitting a building with new windows.

    Only substantial campaigns (new aisles, naves, towers (indicated by crosses), etc.) are shown; lesser works such as porches, refenestrations, etc. have not been included.

    1989, Richard Morris, Churches in the Landscape, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, →ISBN, page 402
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    A substantial two-storey gatehouse, multi-gabled with skew-tables and kneelers in Tudor Revival manner, built off an irregular and extensive plan in uncoursed limestone ashlar with label mouldings to openings, lost to hideous refenestration on the avenue front.

    2018, J. A. K. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Munster: A Gazetteer, Dublin: Wordwell, →ISBN, page 219, column 3

Origin

From refenestrate + -ion or re- + fenestration.

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APA

refenestration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refenestration

MLA

“refenestration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refenestration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refenestration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refenestration.

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