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fanlight
fanlight
English
Noun
fanlight (plural fanlights)
-  a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom
-  1982, John Banville, The Newton Letter
- It turned out to be a big gloomy pile with ivy and peeling walls and a smashed fanlight over the door, the kind of place where you picture a mad stepdaughter locked up in the attic.
 
 
-  1982, John Banville, The Newton Letter
Derived terms
- dummy fanlight