abat-vent

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French abat-vent, from abattre (“to throw down”) + vent (“wind”), from Latin ventus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

abat-vent (plural abat-vents)

(architecture) Louvres or strips of wood or metal used as windbreaks that allow light and air in, often seen in belfries.^[1]
A sloping roof.
A metal chimney cap.

Translations

louvres

Dutch: windscherm (nl) n,
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Romanian: oblon (ro) n

sloping roof

Dutch: afdak (nl) n,
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chimney cap

Dutch: schoorsteenkap m,
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References

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ba.vɑ̃/

Noun

abat-vent m (plural abat-vents)

chimney cowl
louver boarding (of window, opening), abat-vent
(agriculture) wind screen

Further reading

“abat-vent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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