lucarne
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lucarne
1540–50; from French; replacing lucane, from Middle French; origin of both French forms obscure
Example Sentences
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Three hundred years ago, these Gothic turrets, and gorgeously ornamented lucarne windows, gleamed with illuminations, as the young King of Scotland, James V., led Madeleine, the blooming daughter of Francis I., to the bridal altar.
From Napoleon Bonaparte by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Even the small lucarne window in it looks coeval with the rest.
From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell
The conical stone-roofed pyramid is, with the exception of its lucarne windows, most probably of the same date.
From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell
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