windowpane

[ win-doh-peyn ]

noun

1. a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.
2. a flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, occurring along the Atlantic coast of North America, characterized by the thinness and translucency of its body.

adjective

1. designating or having a large, regular design of intersecting lines resembling a series of windowpanes:

   a windowpane plaid sweater.

windowpane

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn /

noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window

Word History and Origins

Origin of windowpane¹

First recorded in 1810–20; window + pane

Example Sentences

Bozell used a metal object to shatter the windowpane of the Senate Wing Door.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Cranston, a large, shapeless man anyway, in a bowler hat and his windowpane plaid greatcoat under his life preserver.

From Literature

Walking up the stairwell, he pointed to where a sniper round punched through a windowpane.

From Los Angeles Times

Gia removed one of Fournier’s watches from her pocket, and when she opened the lid, brown night moths froze flat against the windowpane.

From Literature

He struck a windowpane six times with the spike end of the tomahawk that he had carried in a backpack.

From Seattle Times