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fan window
noun
, Architecture.
- a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fan window1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
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 Project Gutenberg
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