wheel window
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The roof was gone, though a wheel window remained unbroken, high above the absent door.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
A few steps further on, down the Borgo San Pietro, is the large convent of S. Appolinare, remarkable for its pretty campanile of brick, and a wheel window above the door.
From The Story of Assisi by Gordon, Lina Duff
This is in a decorated style, with a large wheel window and elaborately ornamented pinnacles.
From Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
It is divided into three equal portions each of which is surmounted by a gable containing what was at one time a wheel window.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe
Further north is a Baptist chapel, with two noticeable pointed towers and a central wheel window.
From Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
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