fanlight
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noun
a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a semicircular window over a door or window, often having sash bars like the ribs of a fan |
| 2. | US name: transom a small rectangular window over a door |
| 3. | another name for skylight |
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Example sentences
The elliptical arch of the fanlight is toped by the same nested-keystone element of the window lintels.
The door is topped by a fanlight and flanked by two panels of sidelights.
The central entry is set beneath a brick gable and fanlight.
Many of their buildings bear a distinctive detail--a truss of wheat fanlight surround.
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