œil-de-bœuf

œil-de-bœuf
œil-de-bœuf /œ-ē-də-bœfˈ/
noun (pl œils-de-bœuf /œ-ē-/)
1. A small round window
2. An octagonal vestibule at the court of Versailles, hence one elsewhere
ORIGIN: Fr, ox-eye

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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