Definitions
a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan
Word origin
From fan + light (“window; source of illumination”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“This street is Summer. Faces of brick run together to make a single block-long face. The house numbers are set in fanlights of stained glass above the doors.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Doorway window”8 letters
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