windowpane

American  

[win-doh-peyn] / ˈwɪn doʊˌpeɪn /

noun

1. a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.

2. a flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, occurring along the Atlantic coast of North America, characterized by the thinness and translucency of its body.

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adjective

1. designating or having a large, regular design of intersecting lines resembling a series of windowpanes.

   a windowpane plaid sweater.

windowpane British  

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn /

noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window

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Etymology

Origin of windowpane

First recorded in 1810–20; window + pane

Example Sentences

Eugene Hammond was on the porch, in a windowpane plaid suit and his cap on backward with goggles pushed up.

From Literature

The rug is caked through with crumbs, there are water stains on the bureau, there are smudges on the windowpanes.

From Literature

To locate dark matter, the team measured how its mass bends space, which in turn bends the light traveling to Earth from distant galaxies -- as if that light had passed through a warped windowpane.

From Science Daily

It was so overrun with ivy that the windowpanes were splintering.

From Literature

There is a simple tattoo of a windowpane on the middle finger of Eva Victor’s right hand.

From Los Angeles Times