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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

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

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 Collins, William Wiehe

The wheel window of the fa�ade is beautified with exceptionally good tracing.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

The church of S. Agostino, difficult to find in the slums, has a remarkable fa�ade with a beautiful wheel window.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

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