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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fenestral

Fenestral \Fe*nes"tral\, a. [L. fenestra a window.]

  1. (Arch.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.

  2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.

Fenestral

Fenestral \Fe*nes"tral\, n. (Arch.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.
--Weale.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fenestral

late 14c., "pertaining to windows," from Old French fenestral, from fenestre "window," from Latin fenestra (see fenestration).

Wiktionary
fenestral

a. 1 (context architecture English) Relating to a window or windows. 2 (context anatomy English) Of or relating to a fenestra. n. (context archaeology English) A casement or window sash closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.

WordNet
fenestral

  1. adj. of or relating to or having a fenestra

  2. of or relating to windows

Usage examples of "fenestral".

He now decided to take command before his increasingly apprehensive companion did something else in the button-touching line and committed fenestral decapitation.