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louvre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | louvre museum |
Examples of louvre
louvre
Louvre-Lens, the Louvre's new museum space in the Pas-de-Calais, northern France.
From the guardian.co.uk
She created a colourful striped screen of off-the-shelf Z beams for a louvre effect.
From the smh.com.au
Loggias with adjustable louvre screens on the units also add value.
From the smh.com.au
Heat and light are controlled by sliding doors, generous roof overhangs and banks of louvre windows.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Above is a hexagonal louvre, dating to 1703.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The clerestory louvre windows are a nod to the home's mid-century beginnings and provide glimpses of the treetops.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The two-storey rear addition is invisible from the street and separated from the original cottage by a slim line of louvre windows.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The modern ventilation continues in the bathroom and toilet, with those original textured louvre windows still going strong.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Louvre spokeswoman Sophie Grange was unable to say when the museum, which normally attracts up to 30,000 visitors a day at this time of year, would reopen.
From the world.time.com
- An art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
- Louver: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- An alternative spelling of louver in US English; the only spelling of this word in UK English
- A vented opening into a room that has a series of horizontal slats and arranged to permit ventilation but to exclude rain, snow, light, insects, or other living creatures.
- Opening in roof (sometimes topped with lantern) to allow smoke to escape from central hearth.
- A fitting incorporating a series of overlapping flaps providing ventilation or transmission of sound.
- The slats, usually of stone or wood, filling the window of the bell chamber.
- Musee de la Republique opened its doors to the public on August 10, 1793. Their collection boasts a sophisticated group of artists including; Delacroix, Boucher, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Poussin, Watteau, Gericault, Ingres, Botticelli, da Vinci, Raphael, Goya, Bruegel, Van Eyck, Rubens & Turner. ...
- A lantern-like structure surmounting the roof of a hall or other building with openings for ventilation of the escape of smoke; the openings are usually crossed by sloping slats (louvre boards) to exclude rain.
