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refenestration

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English

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Etymology

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From refenestrate +‎ -tion or re- +‎ fenestration.

Noun

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refenestration (countable and uncountable, plural refenestrations)

  1. The act of fitting a building with new windows.
    • 1989, Richard Morris, Churches in the Landscape, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, →ISBN, page 402:
      Only substantial campaigns (new aisles, naves, towers (indicated by crosses), etc.) are shown; lesser works such as porches, refenestrations, etc. have not been included.
    • 2018, J. A. K. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Munster: A Gazetteer, Dublin: Wordwell, →ISBN, page 219, column 3:
      A substantial two-storey gatehouse, multi-gabled with skew-tables and kneelers in Tudor Revival manner, built off an irregular and extensive plan in uncoursed limestone ashlar with label mouldings to openings, lost to hideous refenestration on the avenue front.