Crossword clues for louver
louver
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Louver \Lou"ver\, n. To supply with louvers.
Louver \Lou"ver\, Louvre \Lou"vre\, n. [OE. lover, OF. lover, lovier; or l'ouvert the opening, fr. overt, ouvert, p. p. of ovrir, ouvrir, to open, F. ouvrir. Cf. Overt.] (Arch.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a) . [Written also lover, loover, lovery, and luffer.]
2. Same as louver boards, below
3. A set of slats resembling louver boards, arranged in a vertical row and attached at each slat end to a frame inserted in or part of a door or window; the slats may be made of wood, plastic, or metal, and the angle of inclination of the slats may be adjustable simultaneously, to allow more or less light or air into the enclosure.
Louver boards or Louver boarding, the sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the openings of a louver, etc.
Louver work, slatted work.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also louvre, early 14c., "domed turret-like structure atop a building to disperse smoke and admit light," from Old French lovier, of uncertain origin. One theory connects it to Medieval Latin *lodarium, which might be from a Germanic source (compare Old High German louba "upper room, roof;" see lobby). Another suggests it is from French l'ouvert, literally "the open place," from le, definite article, + past participle of ouvrir "to open." Meaning "overlapping strips in a window (to let in air but keep out rain)" first recorded 1550s. The form has been influenced by apparently unrelated French Louvre, the name of the palace in Paris, which is said to be so named because its builder, Philip Augustus, intended it as a wolf kennel. Related: Louvered.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. (from 14th c.) 2 (context chiefly in plural English) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. (from 16th c.) 3 Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A louver (American English) or louvre (English) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain, direct sunshine, and noise. The angle of the slats may be adjustable, usually in blinds and windows, or fixed.
Usage examples of "louver".
Some blue-flowered rock-creeper vines had worked their way in through the louver and spread across the ceiling.
He froze, glancing at the floor, at the narrow bands of light that came in through a small louver at the bottom of the door.
The dim light seeping through the open louvers managed to push the shadow back, and all at once, Benedikt wanted to be on the other side of that fragile barricade.
It was protected by heavy louvers, set a few inches back in the opening.
He reached through the louvers and felt the metal jaws pulling together.
It was full of dusty sunlight from narrow slits of louvers set high in a soaring roof.
The muted daylight falling through the louvers in the roof seemed to be tinted more toward late afternoon, but it was hard to tell.
It was dank and a little dusty, with some flowering creepers growing down from one of the louvers in the curving roof.
She was half suspecting an ambush but the corridor was well lit by sunlight falling through the louvers and unless someone had buried himself under the heavy rubble, it was unoccupied.
But framed in that archway, lit by shafts of sunlight from the louvers in the tall arched ceiling and outlined against the pale blue-white stone, there was a ship.
Obelin stopped at a circle at the further end of the room, directly under the point of the high roof, the louvers throwing half of it into warm daylight.
The slivers of light through the louvers showed him in profile while she, Crystal was sure, was invisible against the darkness of the room.
I said, adjusted the slats of the louvers, revealing an elegant living room.
The rains are gray solid sheets of water, slamming into the mock-Spanish house with sudden sideways ferocity and soaking everything, slashing through the window louvers and damping beds and curtains until everything seems heavy and turning-green with moisture.
The light came through high green louvers, and not a single fly buzzed through the still air.