luthern

See also: Luthern

English

Etymology

From French lucarne (“a dormer, dormer window, garret window”), Latin lucerna (“lamp”), from lucere (“to be light or clear”), from lux (“light”).

Noun

luthern (plural lutherns)

(architecture) A dormer-window.
Synonyms: luthern-light, luthern window

References

“luthern”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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