Oeil-de-boeuf

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  oeil-de-boeuf \oeil`-de-boeuf"\, n.; pl. {oeils-de-boeuf}. [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.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]