fan window

noun

, Architecture.

1. a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fan window¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

In an Airbnb in Swansea earlier in the year, I thought I had finally cracked the combination of pyjamas/sheet/fan/window to prevent both overheating and hypothermia, until the door was closed and I noticed that the window opened directly on to a ledge accessible from a sloped roof above the kitchen.

From The Guardian

Mr. Stewart and his colleagues are the sort who take the lack of a window — known as a “rail fan window,” where enthusiasts like to peer at the tracks — as a personal affront.

From New York Times

But once you passed through the Colonial doorways, with only an occasional fan window or low relief pillar to suggest that a certain muted adornment was permissible, you entered an extravaganza of Pompadour splendor.

From Literature

Some of the interior fixtures are still in place, including interior moldings, wood flooring and a half-round, spoked fan window on the second story, Ausenhus said.

From Washington Times

The stained-glass fan window was rotting and had to be repaired and a portion of the wood framing as well as the stained glass replaced.

From Washington Times