OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32161

fanlight

Meanings (ES + gloss)
montante
A semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom.
Limpet was out, but with a deal of struggling he managed to screw himself through the fanlight, removing in that process the dust of many ages.
One house, however, second from the corner, was still occupied entire; and at the door of this, which wore a great air of wealth and comfort, though it was now plunged in darkness…
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