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Fan light

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fan⋅light

[fan-lahyt]
–noun
a window over a door or another window, esp. one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.

Origin:
1835–45; fan 1 + light 1
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fan·light   (fān'līt')   
n.  
  1. Architecture A half-circle window, often with sash bars arranged like the ribs of a fan.

  2. Chiefly British A transom.

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