A rounded or curved bay window or a bulging projection on a building, particularly in Scottish architecture.
Likely from Old English 'bow' meaning 'to bend' or 'arch', combined with diminutive or structural suffix. The term is primarily found in Scottish and Northern English dialect.
Scottish buildings have such distinctive architectural features that they developed unique vocabulary—'bowet' is one of those words that tells you exactly where it came from just by listening to people use it!
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