Meaning Of The Word Louvre

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louvre
A louvre is a door or window with narrow, flat, sloping pieces of wood or glass across its frame.

Louvre in American English
national museum of art in Paris, on the Seine: converted from a royal palace in the 18th cent.

louvre in British English
noun: any of a set of horizontal parallel slats in a door or window, sloping outwards to throw off rain and admit air
noun: the national museum and art gallery of France, in Paris: formerly a royal palace, begun in 1546; used for its present purpose since 1793

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