abat-jour
Americannoun
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a device, as a skylight or reflector, for diverting light into a building.
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a sloping screen for cutting off the view between an interior or porch and a lower area in front of a building.
Etymology
Origin of abat-jour
1820–30; < French: literally, it throws down ( abat ) the daylight ( jour ). See abate, journey
Example Sentences
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Just in front of it, from the tall, raftered ceiling above, there hangs a small brass lamp, with a green abat-jour.
From I Will Repay by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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