rose window

noun

: a circular window filled with tracery

Illustration of rose window

Illustration of rose window

Examples of rose window in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Notre-Dame model comes with a removable roof so that builders can inspect its interior columns and rose windows. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024 In the Library Suite, a staircase secreted behind the 19th-century needlepoint screen that serves as a headboard leads to a mezzanine library with a stained glass rose window, while a side room has a cozy corner by a fireplace ideal for curling up with some treasure from the bookshelves. Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2024 Stained Glass Because of their love of sunlight and natural light, many of the architects in the Gothic era paned their windows with stained glass, including elaborate and expensive rose windows. Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 14 July 2023 The older building, with its giant rose window, arched entrance and robust dome, harks back to the Pantheon in Rome, and is more obviously religious or sacred in its architectural profile. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for rose window 

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Word History

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rose window was in 1773

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“Rose window.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rose%20window. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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