車しゃ輪りん窓まど

noun

wheel window; rose window

Rare architectural term for a circular window with radiating tracery, often found in Gothic churches. The cross-reference バラ窓 is a more common synonym.

See also: バラ窓

• その大だい聖せい堂どうの正しょう面めんには美うつくしい車しゃ輪りん窓まどがある。

  There is a beautiful wheel window on the facade of that cathedral.