Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A window having a semicircular outline and a sash formed of radial bars. Compare fan-shaped window, under fan-shaped.

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Examples

  • Then a door opened softly, a white vision stole into the little entry lighted by the fan-window, above, seized the book and stole back.

    Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • Then a door opened softly, a white vision stole into the little entry lighted by the fan-window, above, seized the book and stole back.

    Coniston — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Then a door opened softly, a white vision stole into the little entry lighted by the fan-window, above, seized the book and stole back.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

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