Fanlight
[fænlait]
Definition
(noun.) a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan.
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Examples
- Holmes's cold, thin fingers closed round my wrist and led me forward down a long hall, until I dimly saw the murky fanlight over the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Presently, a light went up-stairs after her, passing first the fanlight of the door, and afterwards the two staircase windows, on its way up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The pale moonlight streamed through a shattered fanlight over the door; the air was unwholesome and chilly, like that of a vault. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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