page_title: Oeil-de-boeuf
hierarchical_section_title: Oeil-de-boeuf
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dachgaube mit Ochsenauge am Schloss Chenonceau English: Dormer window with Bull's-eye at the château de Chenonceau Français&#160;: Lucarne à fronton avec Œil-de-bœuf, château de Chenonceau
context_page_description: Oeil-de-boeuf, also œil de bœuf and sometimes anglicized as ox-eye window, is a relatively small elliptical or circular window, typically for an upper storey or above a door to let in natural light. Windows of this type are commonly found in the grand architecture of Baroque France. The term is also so often applied to similar round windows, like those found in Georgian architecture in Great Britain, and later Greek Revival and Colonial Revival styles in North America, that this must be considered part of the usage. The term initially applied to horizontal elliptical windows, but is also used for vertical ones.
context_section_description: Oeil-de-boeuf (French: [œj.də.bœf]; English: "bull's eye"), also œil de bœuf and sometimes anglicized as ox-eye window, is a relatively small elliptical or circular  window, typically for an upper storey (and sometimes set on a roof slope as a dormer) or above a door to let in natural light. Windows of this type are commonly found in the grand architecture of Baroque France. The term is also so often applied to similar round windows, like those found in Georgian architecture in Great Britain, and later Greek Revival and Colonial Revival styles in North America, that this must be considered part of the usage. The term initially applied to horizontal elliptical  windows, but is also used for vertical ones.
caption: An oeil-de-boeuf window of the Château de Chenonceau, France
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