Dormer-window

Alternative forms

• dormer window

Full definition of dormer-window

Noun

1. An upright window built from a sloping roof.
• 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,He walked slowly past the gate and peered through a narrow gap in the cedar hedge. The girl was moving along a sanded walk, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows.

Synonyms

• dormer