louver

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 9
Words With Friends: 12
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈluːvə/ (UK)

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/ˈluːvə/ (UK) · /ˈluːvɚ/

Definition of louver

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.

“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 […].”

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noun

A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.

“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 […].”
(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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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lover, from Old French lovier, lover (“skylight”), from Medieval Latin *lōdārium (attested as lōvārium), extension of lōdium, of unclear origin, but probably of Germanic origin and related to Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”).