fanlight
Americannoun
noun
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a semicircular window over a door or window, often having sash bars like the ribs of a fan
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US name: transom. a small rectangular window over a door
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another name for skylight
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Origin of fanlight
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Example Sentences
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An arched entrance to the house has a fanlight in a delicately ornamented keystone surround.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2021
Glancing up, you notice a fragile Georgian fanlight, or a warm scoop of terracotta tiling, or a glint of coloured glass.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2014
Glancing up, you notice a fragile Georgian fanlight, or a warm scoop of terra-cotta tiling, or a glint of colored glass.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014
The attic room had no window on the front, so she pounded down the back staircase two flights to the fanlight that looked out over the drive.
From Nature ● Apr. 10, 2013
He examined the fanlight: even if it were completely broken in, he was too large to crawl through to reach the holophone.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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