abat-vent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɑ.ˌbɑ.ˈvɑ̃/

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,

Romanian: oblon (ro) n

sloping roof

Dutch: afdak (nl) n,

chimney cap

Dutch: schoorsteenkap m,

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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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