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

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