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Rose Window

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rose window

–noun
a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.
Compare wheel window.


Origin:
1765–75
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rose window  
n.  A large circular window, usually glazed with stained glass, having stone tracery radiating from the center, often with intricate petallike patterns.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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