rose window

American  

noun

1. a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.

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rose window British  

noun

1. Also called: wheel window.   rosette.  a circular window, esp one that has ornamental tracery radiating from the centre to form a symmetrical roselike pattern

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Etymology

Origin of rose window

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

The fugitives entered and left the attic through a rose window, usually under the cover of darkness.

From Reuters • May 4, 2022

There are, naturally, some resplendent touches: black marble columns, a brilliant rose window and bronze chandeliers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2022

Its visual gags, one involving a rose window, are more clever than that.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2015

Capture rare glimpses of the National Cathedral main floor after its chairs have been removed and of the recently cleaned west rose window and nave ceiling.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2015

The masons put together the pieces of the rose window and installed the tympanums and voussoirs over the doors.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay