Definition of "fanlight" [fanlight]

• Architecture A half-circle window, often with sash bars arranged like the ribs of a fan. (noun)
• Chiefly British A transom. (noun)

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• "He found that he was in a grotto, went towards the opening, and through a kind of fanlight saw a blue sea and an azure sky."
• "The five-bay facade features an enclosed entranceway with sidelights and fanlight transom."
• "As I approached the house I saw a tall man in a Scotch bonnet with a coat which was buttoned up to his chin waiting outside in the bright semicircle which was thrown from the fanlight."