fan window

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.

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Etymology

Origin of fan window

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The stained-glass fan window was rotting and had to be repaired and a portion of the wood framing as well as the stained glass replaced.

From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2014

Some of the interior fixtures are still in place, including interior moldings, wood flooring and a half-round, spoked fan window on the second story, Ausenhus said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2014

While a few miles up the road enthusiasts were packed around the tees and greens, the Newport fanzone hosted precisely one hardy fan: window cleaner Roy Webb.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2010

But once you passed through the Colonial doorways, with only an occasional fan window or low relief pillar to suggest that a certain muted adornment was permissible, you entered an extravaganza of Pompadour splendor.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

This feature is a round "fan window" framed by a circle of bricks in the center of the gable end of the building's front wall.

From The Fairfax County Courthouse by Netherton, Ross De Witt