widows walk
A rooftop platform with an ornamental railing; from those on New England houses near the sea, used by captains’ wives to look for returning ships; most often a deck on top of a mansard roof. (Bucher, 1996)
A rooftop platform with an ornamental railing; from those on New England houses near the sea, used by captains’ wives to look for returning ships; most often a deck on top of a mansard roof. (Bucher, 1996)