dormer window 屋顶窗
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dormer window[ noun ]- the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window
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- a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
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Dormer \Dor"mer\, or Dormer window \Dor"mer win"dow\, n.
[Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to
sleep. See {Dormant}, a. & n.] (Arch.)
A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical
while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or
houselike structure, in which it is contained.