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Trombe wall
[ tromb, trawnb ]
noun
- a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Trombe wall1
1975–80; after Frenchman Félix Trombe, one of its developers
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