Palladian window

[ puh-ley-dee-uhn, -lah- ]

noun

1. a window in the form of a round-headed archway with a narrower compartment on either side, the side compartments usually being capped with entablatures on which the arch of the central compartment rests.

Example Sentences

The facade features pressed Roman brick and brownstone and is adorned with a Palladian window and cast-iron balconettes.

From Washington Post

At the landing on the stairs was a tall palladian window and the faintest shape of it headlong on the stairwell wall in the day’s last light.

From Literature

The library has a Palladian window and coffered ceiling.

From Washington Post

We have a Colonial house with a Palladian window over our front entry door.

From Washington Post

Escorting a couple to a Palladian window table not long ago, the chef smiled, gestured outside and said, “See all the fresh venison!”

From Washington Post