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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
 
 
  {Louver}  {boards  or  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  louver 
  n  :  one  of  a  set  of  parallel  slats  in  a  door  or  window  to  admit 
  air  and  reject  rain  [syn:  {louvre},  {fin}] 




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