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wheel window

American  

noun

  1. a rose window having prominent radiating mullions.


wheel window British  

noun

  1. another name for rose window

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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 William Wiehe Collins

A fine wheel window occupies a position above the principal door and between these is a good Gothic screen with figures in five niches flanked by a couple of windows on either side.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins

The façade has two plain lancet windows, one shorter than the other, and above them is a large wheel window.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler

This is a pleasing piece of Italian Gothic and, like several of its companions at Assisi, has an elegant wheel window and a number of grotesque little carvings of creatures human and bestial.

From Italian Hours by Henry James

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