单词 | femerell |
释义 | femerelln. Architecture. Now historical. A structure, typically in the shape of a dome and having lateral openings, placed on the roof over a hall, kitchen, etc., for ventilation or to allow the escape of smoke; a louvre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > on roof of a kitchen, hall, etc. femerella1425 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > louvre or lantern > for ventilation femerella1425 punkah louvre1924 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 29v Fumarium, a chymmeney or a fumerel. 1446 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 84 It. payd to Welyam Stonhowse for settyng in of to femerell in the stepyl, xd. 1511 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 335 Ye fymerelle of ye chymney. 1533–4 in W. H. St. Hope Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers (1913) ix. 243 For makyng of 29 of the Kynges bestes to stand upon the new batilments of the Kynges New Hall, and uppon the femerell of the said Hall. 1860 Archæologia Æliana New Ser. 4 129 The word femerell is synonymous with louvre, the lantern for the escape of smoke without admitting rain. 1885 E. Law Hampton Court i. xiii. 174 The inside of the femerell was as richly decorated as the rest of the roof. 1900 H. L. Thompson Christ Church x. 237 In the centre is the space for the gridiron, and the femerell or louvre above. 1993 J. Steane Archaeol. Medieval Eng. Monarchy (1999) iii. 100 In the roof was a similarly ambitious smoke-vent, louvre or ‘femerell’..of three storeys, hexagonal, with a domed top. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1425 |
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