Shot Window(A) - i.e. shot-out or projecting window, and not, as Ritson explains the word, a “window which opens and shuts.” Similarly, a projecting part of a building is called an out-shot. The aperture to give light to a dark staircase is called a “shot window.” “Mysie flew to the shot window. ... `St. Mary! Sweet lady, here come
two well-mounted gallants.' ” — Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Shot Window from Infoplease:
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