Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dormer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.)
A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of
the other timbers rest or `` sleep.'' --Arch. Pub. Soc. --
Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and
{dormer}. --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dormer
n : a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to
accommodate a vertical window [syn: {dormer window}]
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