abat-jour

See also: abatjour

English

Etymology

French abattre jour any contrivance or apparatus to admit light, or to throw it in a desired direction, as a lamp-shade

Noun

abat-jour (plural abat-jours)

  1. A skylight, or any beveled aperture made in the wall of an apartment or in a roof, for the better admission of light from above.
  2. A sloping, box-like structure, flaring upward and open at the top, attached to a window on the outside, to prevent those within from seeing objects below, or for the purpose of directing light downward into the window.

References

  • 1889 Century Dictionary, volume 1 page 6

French

Etymology

From abat (breaks down) + jour (light).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ba.ʒuʁ/

Noun

abat-jour m (plural abat-jours)

  1. lampshade
  2. (dated) eyeshade
  3. (architecture) skylight

Descendants

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Norman

Noun

abat-jour m (plural abat-jours)

  1. (Jersey) blind
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