the.com/bay window
A room's polite way of asking for more sky.
means A window (or set of windows) that projects outward from a building's wall, forming a bay or alcove inside the room.
from From 'bay' in its architectural sense — an opening or recessed compartment in a wall, traced back to Old French 'baee' ('opening'), from 'bayer,' to gape or stand open-mouthed. So a bay window is, at root, a gaping space in the wall dressed up with glass — the house's wall caught mid-yawn, letting the outside in.
- structural perk
- Adds floor space without adding foundation footprint
- origin
- Named for jutting out like a ship's bay
- victorian favorite
- Let in light before electricity made that optional
- real estate math
- Often boosts perceived room size more than actual square footage