Not so; Len Nelson, who started this thread, spelled it the same way; so
did I.
Chuck is correct. Thanks Chuck.
But, then again the spelling, here on the other side of the pond, is correct
either way.
The American Heritage Dictionary says:
lou·ver also lou·vre (loo'ver) n. 1.a. A framed opening, as in a wall, door,
or window, fitted with fixed or movable horizontal slats for admitting air and
light and shedding rain. b. One of the slats used in such an opening. c. One of
the narrow openings formed by such slats. 2. A slatted, ventilating opening, as
on the hood of a motor vehicle. 3. A lantern-shaped cupola on the roof of a
medieval building for admitting air and providing for the escape of smoke.
[Middle English lover, skylight, chimney, from Old French, from Middle Dutch
love, gallery, from Middle High German lauble.] --lou*vered adj.
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But, then again when is a hood a bonnet and a windshield really a windscreen
etc, etc.
I unnerstood it.
Lenn Nelsen
San Antonio, Texas
(Stirring hte pot and turning up the flame)
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