louvren.¹

/ˈluːvə/

Forms: Middle English luver, Middle English–1600s lover, (Middle English lewer, lovyre, lowere, luvere, Middle English–1500s lovery, loverie, 1500s lofer, lour, lovour), 1500s–1800s loover, (1600s loovar, loure, lower), 1800s luffer, dialect luvver, 1600s–1800s louvre, 1600s– louver. The form louvre is now usual in the U.K. and louver in the U.S.

Etymology: < Old French lover, lovier, perhaps an alteration (with euphonic v as in pouvoir power n.¹) of *loer < medieval Latin *lōdārium cognate with the synonymous medieval Latin lodium (quot. c1425 at sense 1). The ultimate etymology is obscure; some have compared the modern Icelandic hlóð plural, hearth, chimney-place. The form louvre arises from confusion with French Louvre (see Louvre n.²).

1. A domed turret-like erection on the roof of the hall or other apartment in a medieval building with lateral openings for the passage of smoke or the admission of light. (Cf. lantern n. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > louvre or lantern

louvre1367

lanternc1406

lantern-light1823

sky lantern1860

lantern roof1882

1367–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 386 In sclatario operanti super aulam..pro luvers de novo factis.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 288 Cheke we and cheyne we and eche chyne stoppe, Þat no light leope yn at louer ne at loupe.

c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 667/32 Hoc lodium, lowere.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xliv. 85/2 Whan smoke medled with fyre cometh out of an house..by the louerys, men..wyll saye that that house shall go on fyre.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 585 in Poems (1981) 26 The cok ouer the feildis tuke his flicht; And in at the wedowis lewer couth he licht.

1544–5 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 219 To a carpenter for makynge y^e lover in y^e hall vij^s.

1575 T. Cartwright Second Replie agaynst Dr. Whitgiftes Second Answer p. dcxxi To proue a bishop ouer the ministers off a diocese..is to set the fondacion vpon the louer.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. x. sig. Hh7 Ne lightned was with window, nor with louer .

1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. i. 59 Whose shrill Saints bell hangs on his louerie.

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E4^v He..Hath drawne false lights from pitch-black loueries.

1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. L3 For all the issue both of vent and light, Came from a loouer at the towers toppe.

1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 114 Flie to the windows of glory; mount to those Louvers on high.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 50 Every bath [has] a louvre or opening at top, to give a current to the air.

1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 251 (note) A cloister runs round the lowest stage, crowned with a sort of square louvre.

1865 C. Kingsley Hereward in Good Words Feb. 93/1 The smoke went out through a louver [other eds. hole] in the roof.

†2. A similar erection serving as a dovecote. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > dovecote

culver-house1340

dovehouse14..

columbairec1420

dovecotec1425

pigeon house1442

columbary1549

louvre1579

loft1735

pigeonry1840

pigeonnier1880

1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things vii. 173 Hang a great glasse in the top of the Louor.

?1583 Bursary Acct. St. John's Coll. Oxf. Lofer.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 30 Pigeons..Stooping at this and that, that to their Louver..they hardly can recover.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 279 Pigeons..famished for want of food..unable to fly..out at the Lover.

3. A hole in a roof for the passage of smoke; a chimney. Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > smoke-hole

smoke-holec1340

louvre1375

1375–6 in R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey (1892) 30 In factura j louer pro cotagio juxta, vijd.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xiii. f. 140 Moche of the showre felle into the louer [L. impluuium]: but moche more into the barton.

in extended use.1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica vii. xii. 143 There is a steepe decliuy way lookes downe, Which to th' Infernall Kingdome Orpheus guides, Whose loouer, vapors breathes.

a. Chiefly plural. An arrangement of sloping boards, laths or slips of glass overlapping each other, so as to admit air, but exclude rain. Originally, such a contrivance as used to close the apertures of a ‘louvre’ (sense 1). Cf. louvre boards n. at Compounds 2. Also used for other purposes, e.g. to deflect air issuing from an opening or to prevent the direct passage of light through it. Used in singular in same sense; also, an individual slat or strip of such an arrangement.

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the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > louvres

louvre boards1448

louvre1555

weather-door1753

1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 347 The roofe of thynne boordes open in sundry places lyke vnto louers to lette in the ayer.

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. 1128/2 Louvre, see Luffer-boards.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 300 The..louvres or shutters in the top are then opened, when the moist air is discharged, and a fresh supply admitted.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Luffer, a frame of laths to admit air or light; the wooden window in a church steeple.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 131 Glass louvres, which can be more or less closed.

1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church iv, in Church Bells Devon 249 The louvres of the windows should be so constructed as to let out the sound of the bells.

1884 Walmisley Iron Roofs 14 Both roofs are crowned with lanterns fitted with side louvres for ventilation.

1920 W. Neubecker Pract. Sheet Metal Duct Constr. xiv. 155 (caption) Formation of movable louvre.

1920 W. Neubecker Pract. Sheet Metal Duct Constr. xiv. 15 When movable louvres are used they are pivoted on rods.

1923 Man. Seamanship (Admiralty) II. 282 An ideal system of ventilation for a small compartment. A small adjustable flap and louvre..is fitted in the supply trunk.

1933 Moyer & Fittz Air Conditioning ix. 236 The two-point thermostat A is located near the fresh-air intake louver.

1957 Economist 23 Nov. 710/1 Heat is distributed not only in conventional radiators but through louvres in the skirting board.

1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception xvi. 169 He had managed to..check on the intake louvre... The simple removal of four screws would unfasten the grating and provide access to the ventilation duct.

1968 Autocar 25 Jan. 30/2 The wheels splashed through puddles..and steam blew back from the bonnet louvres.

1972 Sci. Amer. June 127/3 The temperature probes can be housed in a box that has louvers large enough to ensure the free circulation of air.

†b. transferred.

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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 214^v He putte abrode the louvres of the tente [L. tentorii vela] with a ruttocke that he had in his hande.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

louvre door n.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > other types of door

hall-doorc1275

falling doorc1300

stable doorc1330

vice-door1354

hecka1400

lodge-doorc1400

street door1465

gate-doora1500

portal1516

backdoor1530

portal door1532

side door1535

by-door1542

outer door1548

postern door1551

house door1565

fore-door1581

way-door1597

leaf door1600

folding door1611

clap-door1625

balcony-door1635

out-door1646

anteportc1660

screen door1668

frontish-door1703

posticum1704

side entrance1724

sash-door1726

Venetian door1731

oak1780

jib-door1800

trellis?c1800

sporting door1824

ledge-door1825

through door1827

bivalves1832

swing-door1833

tradesmen's entrance1838

ledged door1851

tradesmen's door?1851

fire door1876

storm door1878

shoji1880

fire door1889

Dutch door1890

patio door1900

stable door1900

ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901

suicide door1925

louvre door1953

1953 N. W. Kay Mod. Building Encycl. 410/1 Louvre door.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. iii. 5/7 (advt.) Set up louver door.

louvre-hole n.

ΚΠ

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 16 If the Doue-house hold vp,..we shall lacke no Pigeons, as long as there is a Louer-hole for the poore fooles to get in at.

1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon iii. iv. 48 Bid him..cap the Chimney, least my Lady fly Out at the Lover~hole.

louvre-light n.

ΚΠ

1618 N. Field Amends for Ladies i. i. sig. B3^v If your Lady-ship be talking in the same roome with any Gentle-man, I can reade on a booke,..looke vp at the loouer light, heare and be deafe.

louvre screen n.

ΚΠ

1948 C. Isherwood in Penguin New Writing 34 127 Movable louvre-screens take the place of port-holes.

louvre slat n.

ΚΠ

1842 Ecclesiologist I. 10 Four-centered belfry windows..filled up to the top with louvre slates.

louvre slate n.

ΚΠ

1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 910 Louver slats fitted into 1¹/ ₈-in. thick frame.

louvre-tower n.

ΚΠ

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 116/2 Handsome Louvre tower.

louvre-roofed adj.

ΚΠ

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 400/1 A cornered tower or chamber, between 2 square turrets, all loover roofed.

C2.

† louvre-bands n. Obsolete = louvre-strings n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > strings for louvres

louvre-strings1356

louvre-bands1469

1469–70 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 73 Diversis cordulis emptis pro les loverbandes, 12d.

louvre boards n. (also luffer boards) (see 4); so louvre-boarding.

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the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > louvres

louvre boards1448

louvre1555

weather-door1753

1448–9 in R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey (1892) 124 In ij louerboordes emptis pro tenemento Henrici Baret.

1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) xix. 101 The Storekeeper..will determine..the nature of the Guard, whether of Wire or Louvre Boarding.

1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 9 Even the luffer-boards protected by netting.

1895 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 355 Fitted with ‘luffer-boards’ that could be opened and shut like Venetian blinds.

louvre damper n. a louvre the inclination of whose slats may be varied to regulate the flow of air through them.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > louvres > with movable slats

louvre damper1920

1920 W. Neubecker Pract. Sheet Metal Duct Constr. xv. 160 (caption) Louvre dampers for large size ducts.

† louvre-strings n. Obsolete strings to open or close the louvres (see 4).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > strings for louvres

louvre-strings1356

louvre-bands1469

1356–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 558 Et in 2 fadom de louerstringes empt. pro novo Solario.

louvre-ways adv. (also louvre-wise) (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 130 Louver-wise or louver-ways. To place battens on boards at a certain angle, so as to admit air but not wet.

Derivatives

louvred adj. (a) Arranged like louvres. (b) Provided with a louvre or louvres.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [adjective] > having louvres

louvred1846

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > of or relating to ventilation > ventilated > louvred

louvred1846

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. Loovered-boards or Loovered-battens, boards or battens framed like Venetian blinds, used for admitting air into a vessel's ports.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 130 The louvered or battened parts of ships' wells are fixed in this manner.

1881 Daily News 12 Dec. 2/2 Glass roofing..surmounted by..‘louvred openings’, which secure ventilation while they serve to keep out the hot glare of a summer's day.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxiii. 170 The louvred belfry.

1898 F. W. Macey Specif. in Detail 264 Louvred doors are generally required for ventilation in various places.

1934 H. M. Vernon Princ. Heating & Ventilation ix. 170 A fresh-air shaft may be necessary, with a louvered opening above the level of the building.

1950 Engineering 7 Apr. 376/2 The long-distance transport of fruit and vegetables is being investigated..with special reference to the performance of a new type of louvred van.

1969 Daily Tel. 14 Jan. 15/4 Wardrobes..are better with louvred doors.

1972 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iv. iii. 21 Louvered ceiling, luminaire system comprising a large installation of louvres above which are mounted the lamps.

Draft additions December 2004

louvre blind n. a window blind consisting of louvre slats which may be rotated in order to vary the amount of light admitted; cf. Venetian blind n. at Venetian n. and adj. Compounds, vertical blind n. at vertical adj. and n. Additions.

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1872 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 9/2 The boat shortly arrived with the ladies..only allowed to see out through the close louvre blinds of the windows.

1918 Times 14 May 3/5 The windows are fitted with ‘louvre’ blinds.

2002 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 3 Why is there a louvre blind over the full-length mirror?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	louvre
释义	louvren.¹ /ˈluːvə/ Forms: Middle English luver, Middle English–1600s lover, (Middle English lewer, lovyre, lowere, luvere, Middle English–1500s lovery, loverie, 1500s lofer, lour, lovour), 1500s–1800s loover, (1600s loovar, loure, lower), 1800s luffer, dialect luvver, 1600s–1800s louvre, 1600s– louver. The form louvre is now usual in the U.K. and louver in the U.S. Etymology: < Old French lover, lovier, perhaps an alteration (with euphonic v as in pouvoir power n.¹) of loer < medieval Latin lōdārium cognate with the synonymous medieval Latin lodium (quot. c1425 at sense 1). The ultimate etymology is obscure; some have compared the modern Icelandic hlóð plural, hearth, chimney-place. The form louvre arises from confusion with French Louvre (see Louvre n.²). 1. A domed turret-like erection on the roof of the hall or other apartment in a medieval building with lateral openings for the passage of smoke or the admission of light. (Cf. lantern n. 4.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > louvre or lantern louvre1367 lanternc1406 lantern-light1823 sky lantern1860 lantern roof1882 1367–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 386 In sclatario operanti super aulam..pro luvers de novo factis. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 288 Cheke we and cheyne we and eche chyne stoppe, Þat no light leope yn at louer ne at loupe. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 667/32 Hoc lodium, lowere. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xliv. 85/2 Whan smoke medled with fyre cometh out of an house..by the louerys, men..wyll saye that that house shall go on fyre. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Cock & Fox l. 585 in Poems (1981) 26 The cok ouer the feildis tuke his flicht; And in at the wedowis lewer couth he licht. 1544–5 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 219 To a carpenter for makynge y^e lover in y^e hall vij^s. 1575 T. Cartwright Second Replie agaynst Dr. Whitgiftes Second Answer p. dcxxi To proue a bishop ouer the ministers off a diocese..is to set the fondacion vpon the louer. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. x. sig. Hh7 Ne lightned was with window, nor with louer . View more context for this quotation 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. v. i. 59 Whose shrill Saints bell hangs on his louerie. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E4^v He..Hath drawne false lights from pitch-black loueries. 1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. L3 For all the issue both of vent and light, Came from a loouer at the towers toppe. 1650 W. Brough Sacred Princ. 114 Flie to the windows of glory; mount to those Louvers on high. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 50 Every bath [has] a louvre or opening at top, to give a current to the air. 1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 251 (note) A cloister runs round the lowest stage, crowned with a sort of square louvre. 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward in Good Words Feb. 93/1 The smoke went out through a louver [other eds. hole] in the roof. †2. A similar erection serving as a dovecote. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > dovecote culver-house1340 dovehouse14.. columbairec1420 dovecotec1425 pigeon house1442 columbary1549 louvre1579 loft1735 pigeonry1840 pigeonnier1880 1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things vii. 173 Hang a great glasse in the top of the Louor. ?1583 Bursary Acct. St. John's Coll. Oxf. Lofer. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 30 Pigeons..Stooping at this and that, that to their Louver..they hardly can recover. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 279 Pigeons..famished for want of food..unable to fly..out at the Lover. 3. A hole in a roof for the passage of smoke; a chimney. Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > smoke-hole smoke-holec1340 louvre1375 1375–6 in R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey (1892) 30 In factura j louer pro cotagio juxta, vijd. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xiii. f. 140 Moche of the showre felle into the louer [L. impluuium]: but moche more into the barton. in extended use.1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica vii. xii. 143 There is a steepe decliuy way lookes downe, Which to th' Infernall Kingdome Orpheus guides, Whose loouer, vapors breathes. 4. a. Chiefly plural. An arrangement of sloping boards, laths or slips of glass overlapping each other, so as to admit air, but exclude rain. Originally, such a contrivance as used to close the apertures of a ‘louvre’ (sense 1). Cf. louvre boards n. at Compounds 2. Also used for other purposes, e.g. to deflect air issuing from an opening or to prevent the direct passage of light through it. Used in singular in same sense; also, an individual slat or strip of such an arrangement. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > louvres louvre boards1448 louvre1555 weather-door1753 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 347 The roofe of thynne boordes open in sundry places lyke vnto louers to lette in the ayer. 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. 1128/2 Louvre, see Luffer-boards. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 300 The..louvres or shutters in the top are then opened, when the moist air is discharged, and a fresh supply admitted. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Luffer, a frame of laths to admit air or light; the wooden window in a church steeple. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 131 Glass louvres, which can be more or less closed. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church iv, in Church Bells Devon 249 The louvres of the windows should be so constructed as to let out the sound of the bells. 1884 Walmisley Iron Roofs 14 Both roofs are crowned with lanterns fitted with side louvres for ventilation. 1920 W. Neubecker Pract. Sheet Metal Duct Constr. xiv. 155 (caption) Formation of movable louvre. 1920 W. Neubecker Pract. Sheet Metal Duct Constr. xiv. 15 When movable louvres are used they are pivoted on rods. 1923 Man. Seamanship (Admiralty) II. 282 An ideal system of ventilation for a small compartment. A small adjustable flap and louvre..is fitted in the supply trunk. 1933 Moyer & Fittz Air Conditioning ix. 236 The two-point thermostat A is located near the fresh-air intake louver. 1957 Economist 23 Nov. 710/1 Heat is distributed not only in conventional radiators but through louvres in the skirting board. 1966 D. F. Galouye Lost Perception xvi. 169 He had managed to..check on the intake louvre... The simple removal of four screws would unfasten the grating and provide access to the ventilation duct. 1968 Autocar 25 Jan. 30/2 The wheels splashed through puddles..and steam blew back from the bonnet louvres. 1972 Sci. Amer. June 127/3 The temperature probes can be housed in a box that has louvers large enough to ensure the free circulation of air. †b. transferred. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 214^v He putte abrode the louvres of the tente [L. tentorii vela] with a ruttocke that he had in his hande. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. louvre door n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of door > [noun] > other types of door hall-doorc1275 falling doorc1300 stable doorc1330 vice-door1354 hecka1400 lodge-doorc1400 street door1465 gate-doora1500 portal1516 backdoor1530 portal door1532 side door1535 by-door1542 outer door1548 postern door1551 house door1565 fore-door1581 way-door1597 leaf door1600 folding door1611 clap-door1625 balcony-door1635 out-door1646 anteportc1660 screen door1668 frontish-door1703 posticum1704 side entrance1724 sash-door1726 Venetian door1731 oak1780 jib-door1800 trellis?c1800 sporting door1824 ledge-door1825 through door1827 bivalves1832 swing-door1833 tradesmen's entrance1838 ledged door1851 tradesmen's door?1851 fire door1876 storm door1878 shoji1880 fire door1889 Dutch door1890 patio door1900 stable door1900 ledge(d) and brace(d) door1901 suicide door1925 louvre door1953 1953 N. W. Kay Mod. Building Encycl. 410/1 Louvre door. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. iii. 5/7 (advt.) Set up louver door. louvre-hole n. ΚΠ 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 16 If the Doue-house hold vp,..we shall lacke no Pigeons, as long as there is a Louer-hole for the poore fooles to get in at. 1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon iii. iv. 48 Bid him..cap the Chimney, least my Lady fly Out at the Lover~hole. louvre-light n. ΚΠ 1618 N. Field Amends for Ladies i. i. sig. B3^v If your Lady-ship be talking in the same roome with any Gentle-man, I can reade on a booke,..looke vp at the loouer light, heare and be deafe. louvre screen n. ΚΠ 1948 C. Isherwood in Penguin New Writing 34 127 Movable louvre-screens take the place of port-holes. louvre slat n. ΚΠ 1842 Ecclesiologist I. 10 Four-centered belfry windows..filled up to the top with louvre slates. louvre slate n. ΚΠ 1969 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 910 Louver slats fitted into 1¹/ ₈-in. thick frame. louvre-tower n. ΚΠ 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 116/2 Handsome Louvre tower. b. louvre-roofed adj. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 400/1 A cornered tower or chamber, between 2 square turrets, all loover roofed. C2. † louvre-bands n. Obsolete = louvre-strings n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > strings for louvres louvre-strings1356 louvre-bands1469 1469–70 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 73 Diversis cordulis emptis pro les loverbandes, 12d. louvre boards n. (also luffer boards) (see 4); so louvre-boarding. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > louvres louvre boards1448 louvre1555 weather-door1753 1448–9 in R. E. G. Kirk Acct. Abingdon Abbey (1892) 124 In ij louerboordes emptis pro tenemento Henrici Baret. 1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) xix. 101 The Storekeeper..will determine..the nature of the Guard, whether of Wire or Louvre Boarding. 1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 9 Even the luffer-boards protected by netting. 1895 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 355 Fitted with ‘luffer-boards’ that could be opened and shut like Venetian blinds. louvre damper n. a louvre the inclination of whose slats may be varied to regulate the flow of air through them. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > louvres > with movable slats louvre damper1920 1920 W. Neubecker Pract. Sheet Metal Duct Constr. xv. 160 (caption) Louvre dampers for large size ducts. † louvre-strings n. Obsolete strings to open or close the louvres (see 4). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > strings for louvres louvre-strings1356 louvre-bands1469 1356–7 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 558 Et in 2 fadom de louerstringes empt. pro novo Solario. louvre-ways adv. (also louvre-wise) (see quot.). ΚΠ 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 130 Louver-wise or louver-ways. To place battens on boards at a certain angle, so as to admit air but not wet. Derivatives louvred adj. (a) Arranged like louvres. (b) Provided with a louvre or louvres. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [adjective] > having louvres louvred1846 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > of or relating to ventilation > ventilated > louvred louvred1846 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. Loovered-boards or Loovered-battens, boards or battens framed like Venetian blinds, used for admitting air into a vessel's ports. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 130 The louvered or battened parts of ships' wells are fixed in this manner. 1881 Daily News 12 Dec. 2/2 Glass roofing..surmounted by..‘louvred openings’, which secure ventilation while they serve to keep out the hot glare of a summer's day. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxiii. 170 The louvred belfry. 1898 F. W. Macey Specif. in Detail 264 Louvred doors are generally required for ventilation in various places. 1934 H. M. Vernon Princ. Heating & Ventilation ix. 170 A fresh-air shaft may be necessary, with a louvered opening above the level of the building. 1950 Engineering 7 Apr. 376/2 The long-distance transport of fruit and vegetables is being investigated..with special reference to the performance of a new type of louvred van. 1969 Daily Tel. 14 Jan. 15/4 Wardrobes..are better with louvred doors. 1972 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iv. iii. 21 Louvered ceiling, luminaire system comprising a large installation of louvres above which are mounted the lamps. Draft additions December 2004 louvre blind n. a window blind consisting of louvre slats which may be rotated in order to vary the amount of light admitted; cf. Venetian blind n. at Venetian n. and adj. Compounds, vertical blind n. at vertical adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1872 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 9/2 The boat shortly arrived with the ladies..only allowed to see out through the close louvre blinds of the windows. 1918 Times 14 May 3/5 The windows are fitted with ‘louvre’ blinds. 2002 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 3 Why is there a louvre blind over the full-length mirror? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Louvren.² /luːvr/ Etymology: French; named after the Louvre, the palace of the French kings at Paris. Obsolete. Some kind of dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 1729 S. Jenyns Art Dancing ii Whether her Steps the Minuet's Mazes trace Or the slow Louvre's more majestic Pace. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 209 The Louvre..was a dance of the newest fashion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.¹1356n.²1729
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