a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery
A narrow window with sharp pointed arches. Starting with Amiens, lancets were often subdivided into two and topped by a smaller rose window. Prior to this, lancets were typically surmounted by an oculus or round opening (fig.2, D; fig.4, D).
A window with a sharp point at the top. Originally used in Gothic architecture (ca. 1150-1250 ad.) and now used in Gothic Revival styles.
tall pointed arch window in a church found in Early English architecture.
Tall, narrow window with a pointed-arch top, often with leaded diamond shaped lights; characteristic of Gothic architecture.
Slender pointed window usually found in groups
Slender rectangular window with pointed arch.
A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/DCTNRY/l/lancet.html Buffalo Architecture accessed 24 October 2006 It acquired the "lancet" name from it resemblence to a lance http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047018/lancet-window Encyclopedia Britannica Online accessed 24 October 2006. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singularly or in pairs.
