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louver - What does it mean?

Definition of 'louver'

English

(Wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* louvre (mainly UK )

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.10:
  • But darknesse dred and daily night did hover / Through all the inner parts, wherein they dwelt; / Ne lightned was with window, nor with lover , / But with continuall candle-light […].
  • Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
  • Derived terms

    * louvered, louvred

    See also

    * jalousie

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