Plural of dormer; window structures that project outward from a sloped roof, typically providing light and headroom to upper-floor rooms.
From Old French dormir (to sleep) via dormeor, a sleeping room. Called dormers because they originally lit bedrooms and sleeping quarters in medieval and Renaissance buildings.
Medieval builders knew what they were doing—they literally named these roof windows after sleep because that's what happened in the rooms below them!
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