fan window
noun Architecture.
a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.
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Origin of fan window
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby fan window
fan tracery, Fanum Fortunae, fan vault, fan vaulting, fanweed, fan window, fanwise, fan worm, fanwort, FANY, fanzine
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