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louvers

noun

Meaning

  1. A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
  2. (chiefly in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
  3. Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

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