Palladian window

American  

[puh-ley-dee-uhn, -lah-] / pəˈleɪ di ən, -ˈlɑ- /

noun

1. a window in the form of a round-headed archway with a narrower compartment on either side, the side compartments usually being capped with entablatures on which the arch of the central compartment rests.

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Example Sentences

The facade features pressed Roman brick and brownstone and is adorned with a Palladian window and cast-iron balconettes.

From Washington Post

The library has a Palladian window and coffered ceiling.

From Washington Post

We have a Colonial house with a Palladian window over our front entry door.

From Washington Post

Escorting a couple to a Palladian window table not long ago, the chef smiled, gestured outside and said, “See all the fresh venison!”

From Washington Post

A careful tracker of the evolution of upper-class taste all through the ’80s, the Tribune checked off the arrival of such now-standard luxuries as the dual dishwasher, the cathedral ceiling, and, in 1987, the enormous bathroom: “The white-marble whirlpool tub is perched regally on a pedestal at the end of the room below a mirror and a Palladian window. The tub, with gold-plated faucets and onyx handles, is flanked by fluted, decorative columns, suggesting ancient Greece or Rome.”

From Salon