rose window

noun

1. a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.

rose window

noun

1. a circular window, esp one that has ornamental tracery radiating from the centre to form a symmetrical roselike pattern Also calledwheel windowrosette

Word History and Origins

Origin of rose window¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

The central portal was surrounded by a polygonal rose-window and crowned with a high gable flanked by turrets.

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Nôtre Dame's twin towers on each side of that miracle of a rose window would be there next time; but would M. Pol?

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The sun comes out and illuminates the coloured rose window above the church door, which is now opened, disclosing the interior.

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The rose window suddenly grows dark and the tree above the seat is shaken by the wind.

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The rose window above the porch was softly illumined; the light it emitted transfused the thickly falling snow.

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