Louver
Word | LOUVER |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | lou ver |
Pronunciations | /ˈluːvə/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Louver"
What do we mean by louver?
A framed opening, as in a wall, door, or window, fitted with fixed or movable horizontal slats for admitting air or light and often for shedding rain. noun
One of the slats used in such an opening. noun
One of the narrow openings formed by such slats. noun
A slatted, ventilating opening, as on the hood of a motor vehicle. noun
A lantern-shaped cupola on the roof of a medieval building for admitting air and providing for the escape of smoke. noun
A form of lantern or turret rising from the roof of a hall or other apartment in medieval domestic edifices, at first open at the sides. noun
A chimney-flue. noun
In architecture, a long window-like opening closed with broad slats sloping downward and outward. See abat-vent. noun
The aperture in a dove-cote at which the bird enters; also, the dove-cote itself. noun
To supply with louvers. noun
A small lantern. See lantern, 2 (a). noun
Same as louver boards, below. noun
A set of slats resembling louver boards, arranged in a vertical row and attached at each slat end to a frame inserted in or part of a door or window; the slats may be made of wood, plastic, or metal, and the angle of inclination of the slats may be adjustable simultaneously, to allow more or less light or air into the enclosure. noun
The sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the openings of a louver, etc. noun
Slatted work. noun
A slatted opening in a wall, door or window. noun
Any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain. noun
A fin or slat framing such an opening. noun
A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
(chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
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