bay window

bay window

English

Bay windows

Etymology

From bay + window.

Noun

bay window (plural bay windows)

1. (architecture) A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
2. (figuratively) A protruding belly.
   • 1948, Godfrey Poage, What You Ought to Know Before Marriage, St. Louis: The Queen’s Work, p. 12,

     Marriages that are based only on sex appeal generally fizzle out as soon as he gets a bay window and her figure becomes a bit lumpish.

   • 1982, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Man Descending, McClelland & Stewart (2004), →ISBN, page 126:

     Bert came hustling up, bumping his way through the kids with his bay window.

Synonyms

• (protruding belly): See also Thesaurus:paunch.

Translations

type of window

Finnish: erkkeri-ikkuna, erkkeri (fi) German: Erker (de), Erkerfenster n Ladino: Latin: djumba f Polish: wykusz (pl) m

Russian: э́ркер (ru) m (érker) Scottish Gaelic: uinneag cearcaill f Spanish: ventana de bahía f, ventana saliente f Turkish: cumba (tr)

protruding belly

Finnish: pömppömaha