fan window

American  

noun

Architecture.

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

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Etymology

Origin of fan window

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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 • Jun. 22, 2014

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 • Jun. 22, 2014

While a few miles up the road enthusiasts were packed around the tees and greens, the Newport fanzone hosted precisely one hardy fan: window cleaner Roy Webb.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2010

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 "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Standing with her back to the fading light which came through one fan window at the hall end, was a woman's figure in a gray dress.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell