fanlight

[ fan-lahyt ]

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noun

a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.

Origin of fanlight

First recorded in 1835–45; fan¹ + light¹

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How to use fanlight in a sentence

fanlight openers for single lights, or geared for a number of sashes, may be designed to suit positions difficult of access.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4 | Various
It had the staid and comfortable stamp of the Georgian period, with its big square windows, and the unique fanlight over the door.
In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray Graydon
Just the scent of camphor, and dust-motes in a sunbeam through the fanlight over the door.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John Galsworthy
At the red-brick Home with the green fanlight over the door his reception was more cordial.
Pippin; A Wandering Flame | Laura E. Richards
Nearly every one of them had “Apartments” in gilt letters on the fanlight over the front door.
Olive in Italy | Moray Dalton

British Dictionary definitions for fanlight

fanlight

/ (ˈfænˌlaɪt) /

noun

a semicircular window over a door or window, often having sash bars like the ribs of a fan
a small rectangular window over a door: US name: transom

another name for skylight

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