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fanlight

[ fan-lahyt ]

noun

  1. a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.


fanlight

/ ˈæˌɪ /

noun

  1. a semicircular window over a door or window, often having sash bars like the ribs of a fan
  2. a small rectangular window over a door US nametransom
  3. another name for skylight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fanlight1

First recorded in 1835–45; fan 1 + light 1
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We stopped in front of the heavy wooden door, whose stained-glass fanlight formed a grinning skull and crossbones.

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We could tell it was Federal style by the symmetrical design with porticos supported by Ionic columns, fanlights over the doors and keystone lintels.

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An arched entrance to the house has a fanlight in a delicately ornamented keystone surround.

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A colonnade, parapet wall and fanlight windows tie the new building to the look and feel of the White House.

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A colonnade, parapet wall and fanlight windows tie the new building to the look and feel of the White House.

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