bull's-eye

bull’s-eye

bull’s-eye, 2

1. A figure or ornament of concentric bands.

2. A round or oval aperture, open, louvered, or glazed; an oculus or oeil-de-boeuf

3. The enclosure of such an aperture, a double-arched frame with two or four key voussoirs.

4. A circular aperture in a masonry wall; usually formed by voussoirs or tapered bricks.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Bull’s-eye

Bill Sykes’s dog. [Br. Lit.: Oliver Twist]

See: Dogs

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