windowpane

American  

[win-doh-peyn] / ˈwɪn doʊˌpeɪn /

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.

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adjective

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

   a windowpane plaid sweater.

windowpane British  

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn /

noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window

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Etymology

Origin of windowpane

First recorded in 1810–20; window + pane

Example Sentences

To locate dark matter, the team measured how its mass bends space, which in turn bends the light traveling to Earth from distant galaxies -- as if that light had passed through a warped windowpane.

From Science Daily

It was so overrun with ivy that the windowpanes were splintering.

From Literature

There is a simple tattoo of a windowpane on the middle finger of Eva Victor’s right hand.

From Los Angeles Times

Lying in bed at night, I would hear the thump of the neighborhood cats landing on the roof, their shadows on the fence passing my illuminated windowpane.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Literature