FAN-LIGHT, noun A window in form of an open fan.

FAN, verb transitive

1. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face with a fan.

2. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.

The fanning wind upon her bosom blows;

To meet the fanning wind the bosom rose.

Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves.

3. To move as with a fan.

The air - fanned with plumes.

4. To winnow; to ventilate; to separate chaff from grain and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.