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Meaning of OEIL DE BOEUF

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 Definition: [n]  a circular or oval window; 17th or 18th C French architecture
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\[OE]il`-de-b[oe]uf"\, n.; pl.
{[OE]ils-de-b[oe]uf}. [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.
 
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