fan window

fan window

noun Architecture.
a window having a fanlike form with radiating sash bars, used especially as a fanlight.

Origin:
1870–75
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Fan window is always a great word to know.
So is pavilion. Does it mean:
the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof
a projecting element of a fa?ade, used especially at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower
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