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Definition of Fanlight
1. Noun. A window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door.
2. Noun. A window in a roof to admit daylight.
3. Noun. A semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan.
Definition of Fanlight
1. Noun. a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fanlight
1. a type of window [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanlight
Literary usage of Fanlight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colonial Architecture of Salem by Frank Cousins, Phil Madison Riley (1919)
"practical fanlight transom over the door between the front and rear part of the
... Elliptical-headed openings, echoing indoors the fanlight of the front ..."
2. My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene (1897)
"... and dignified—A royal visit to the Princess's Theatre—Mr. Emden receives her
Majesty— A terrible fall—Three little maids looking through a fanlight—What ..."
3. Old Cape Colony: A Chronicle of Her Men and Houses from 1652-1806 by Alya Fane Keatinge Trotter (1903)
"It is ornamented by the monogram of the Company, and under the pediment are the
arms of the TEAK fanlight, ONCE IN THE CASTLE. different towns of the ..."
4. Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society and Surrounding Districts by County Kildare Archaeological Society (1899)
"It is a fanlight over the door at the back of the house. It represents the Blessed
Virgin Mary holding in her hand a piece of brown cloth, ..."
5. Practical Building Construction by John Parnell Allen (1897)
"632, X being the fanlight, which can be either fixed, or hung on butts or centres.
Transom-' External Door with fanlight Fig.632.fi Scale The fanlight ..."
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