Abat-jour

abat-jour

[ä·bä′zhu̇r] (building construction) A device that is used to deflect daylight downward as it streams through a window.

Abat-jour

A skylight in a roof that admits light from above; any beveled aperture.

abat-jour

abat-jour, 1 1. In a wall, an aperture whose sides have been cut back and/or whose underside has been sloped downward so as to admit a greater amount of light to the interior of the room. 2. A skylight.