单词 | fan-light |
释义 | fan-lightn. A fan-shaped window over a door; sometimes applied loosely to any window over a door. Also attrib. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > fanlight fan-light1819 fan1844 1819 Post Office London Directory 220 M'Namar, E., Metal Fan-light manuf. 1839 Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 24 In shape resembling the fanlight of a street door. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 608 Fanlight frames over doors. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde ii. 26 At the door of this [house]..now plunged in darkness except for the fan-light. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2012). < |
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