fanlightnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfæn.laɪt/us/ˈfæn.laɪt/US usually transoma small window over the top of a door
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Parts of buildings: windows & parts of windows
- architrave
- bay window
- bow window
- casement
- dormer
- glaze
- glazing
- lattice window
- leaded window
- lintel
- picture window
- rose window
- sash
- sash window
- shutter
- transom
- triple glazing
- window ledge
- windowpane
- windowsill
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Examples from literature
- By the light coming from a fanlight over the door in the porch he looked at his squirrel.
- His gaze travelled down to the fanlight over the front door.
- Joel kicked the mud from his shoes, and passing through the great white door with its old-fashioned fanlight above, tapped at West's room.
- Now that the silence had come we heard the rain driven in torrents against the fanlight above the hall door.
- Then he perceived through the fanlight an illumination in the hall.