louver

American  

[loo-ver] / ˈlu vər /

especially British, louvre

noun

1. 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.

2. a fin or slat framing such an opening.

3. a ventilating turret or lantern, as on the roof of a medieval building.

4. any of a system of slits formed in the hood of an automobile, the door of a metal locker, etc., used especially for ventilation.

5. a door, window, or the like, having adjustable louvers.

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verb (used with object)

1. to make a louver in; add louvers to.

   to louver a door.

Other Word Forms

• louvered
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of louver

1325–75; Middle English lover < Middle French lovier < Middle Dutch love gallery. See lobby

Example Sentences

And outside the Louver, there was a guy who was painting the “Mona Lisa.”

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

I remember one time I went to the Louver in Paris.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

Louver, albeit in a way he wasn’t expecting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Louver in November and focus on artists, she says, who serve as “mediums with the spirit world.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2021

“The ghost. A big black ghost floating and rattling right towards that man. The fella’s backing up, backing up. Then Uncle Louver hears one of his traps snap.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool