louver
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.
a fin or slat framing such an opening.
a ventilating turret or lantern, as on the roof of a medieval building.
any of a system of slits formed in the hood of an automobile, the door of a metal locker, etc., used especially for ventilation.
a door, window, or the like, having adjustable louvers.
to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
Origin of louver
1- Also especially British, lou·vre .
Other words from louver
- louvered, adjective
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How to use louver in a sentence
By good luck, we did not need it; for as he passed it to me, the louver at which I was tugging broke and came away in my hand.
The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchFor Pim o Cuddys pigeons knew their way home through the broken louver-boards of the squat belfry by this.
Back o' the Moon | Oliver OnionsThe fire of pine logs was in the midst of the hall, and the smoke went out through a louver in the roof.
Hereward, The Last of the English | Charles KingsleyThe bird was wheeling in the golden light over the belfry of the church, the belfry with the new louver-boards.
Back o' the Moon | Oliver OnionsForepaugh leaped to the ventilating louver and closed it tightly.
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