rose window

noun

: a circular window filled with tracery

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Over the next five years restoration will extend to the three great rose windows of the west, north, and south façades, the flying buttresses of the nave, the west façade towers, and the windows of the nave tribune as well as the choir chapels. Michael T. Davis, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026 Many took pictures and selfies in front of the altar, the baptistery and vibrant rose windows, their joy mingling with reverence. Thomas Adamson and Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024 The main structure, including the bell towers and rose windows, was also unharmed. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for rose window

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 6 Jul. 2026.

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