A bow window or compass window is a curved bay window. Bow windows are designed to create space by projecting beyond the exterior wall of a building, and to provide a wider view of the garden or street outside and typically combine four or more casement windows, which join together to form an arch. Bow windows first appeared in the eighteenth cent...
A curved bay window. See bay window and bay.
(from the article `bay window`) A bay window may be rectangular, polygonal, or arc-shaped. If the last, it may be called a bow window. There has been a continuing confusion between ...
as bay window but curved in plan
A composite of four or more window units in a radial or bow formation.
A bow window is a elliptically curved window projecting from the face of a wall. Bow windows originated with the late Gothic style. While a bay window reaches to the ground, a bow window differs in not reaching the ground.
as bay window but curved in plan
The recessed area above the grip, which if made deep enough allows the bow to be set up for centre shot.
a rounded bay window.