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lucarne|l(j)uːˈkɑːn|
Forms: α. 6 lucane, -ayne, 8 lucerne, 9 lucarne. (See also luthern.) β. corruptly 6–7 (?) leucomb, lucombe (Arch. Publ. Soc. Dict.), 7 lucome, luke-home, 9 dial. lucam, lewcome. (See also E.D.D.)
[a. OF. lucane, mod.F. lucarne, of obscure origin; cf. OF. lucquet of similar meaning.
Some scholars have suggested OHG. lukkâ opening (mod.G. lücke cavity, gap) as the source. Diez' proposal to connect the word with L. lucerna (see lucerne1) is untenable.]
An opening made in a roof to let in the light; a skylight, a dormer or garret window. (Now only as Fr.) Also lucarne window.
In quot. 1792 the word appears to be misused.
a1548Hall Chron. Hen. VIII 97 Great towers embattailed and vauted with lopes Lucanes like Masonry. 1554Acc. Rolls Durham Castle 3 Nov. (Parker Gloss. Archit.), For ij dayes & dim. in mendyng of the gret Lucayne, in the gallere and lying of fyletts. 1565J. Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 523 Hanged by the necke, out of a great Lucane window into the street. 1631Cornwallis Ess. ii. xlvii. 296 Many entries, landing places, and Lucomes. 1657Reeve God's Plea 124 A dozen casements above, and two wide luke-homes below. 1792Burns Let. to W. Nicol 20 Feb., I look up to thee, as doth a toad through the iron-barred lucerne of a pestiferous dungeon, to the cloudless glory of a summer sun! 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words 212 Lewcome, a window projecting in the roof, generally a ‘Lewcome window’, but the word is applied to the gable end of a house. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Lucam. 1859Jephson Brittany xi. 187 The lucarne windows from which she saw the reek of the burning camp. 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap i. 611 That grey roof, with the range of lucarnes. |