Definition of Oiel-de-boeuf
Oeil-de-boeuf, a large reception-room in the palace of Versailles,
lighted by a window so called (ox-eye it means), and is the name given in
French history to the French Court, particularly during the Revolution
period.
- Wikipedia
||Œil`-de-bœuf" (?), n.; pl.
Œils-de-bœuf (#). [F., lit., eye of an
ox.] (Arch.) A circular or oval window; -- generally used
of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. A famous room in the
palace of Versailles bears this name, from the oval window opening
into it.
||Œil`-de-bœuf" (?), n.; pl.
Œils-de-bœuf (#). [F., lit., eye of an
ox.] (Arch.) A circular or oval window; -- generally used
of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. A famous room in the
palace of Versailles bears this name, from the oval window opening
into it.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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