Synonyms

rose window

American

noun

a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.

rose window British

noun

Also called: wheel window. rosette. a circular window, esp one that has ornamental tracery radiating from the centre to form a symmetrical roselike pattern

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Etymology

Origin of rose window

First recorded in 1765–75

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rose window

An untitled 2006 work by Scottish artist Richard Wright is a secular re-imagining of an ecclesiastical rose window.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

The fugitives entered and left the attic through a rose window, usually under the cover of darkness.

From Reuters ● May 4, 2022

The rose window, he whispers, has a Star of David.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2016

Its visual gags, one involving a rose window, are more clever than that.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2015

Her great rose window looked down like a dark and malevolent eye.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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