louvre

louvre

(US), louver

1. 

a. any of a set of horizontal parallel slats in a door or window, sloping outwards to throw off rain and admit air

b. the slats together with the frame supporting them

2. Architect a lantern or turret that allows smoke to escape

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Louvre

the national museum and art gallery of France, in Paris: formerly a royal palace, begun in 1546; used for its present purpose since 1793

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louver

Louis XVI style

1. An assembly of sloping, overlapping blades or slats; may be fixed or adjustable; designed to admit air and/or light in varying degrees and to exclude rain and snow; esp. used in doors, windows, and the intake and discharge of mechanical ventilation systems.

2. A dome or turret rising from the roof of the hall of a medieval English residence, originally open at the sides to

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