dormer : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dormer	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dormer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dormer n a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window Synonym(s): dormer, dormer window
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 [bd] sleep.[b8] --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. --Halliwell.
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.