jan 1, 1538 - louvre

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A wooden, turret-like erection on the roof of a major building, with lateral openings for ventilation and the passage of smoke. 1358 <i>Item in loveres, vs </i>, York (SS129/16); 1404 <i>In cordis emptis pro louers, 10d, </i> York (SS35/27); 1504-5 <i>all dorez, wyndowez, glase … lovers and almaner thing long to every house </i>, York (YRS106/13); 1538 <i>there is a kychyn of the olde fasshyon with ane upright roofe after the fasshyon of a louer </i>, Esholt (YAJ9/324). The slats of the louvre were operated by cords or strings: 1368 <i>et loverstrenges emptis vjd, </i> York (SS129/23); 1522-3 <i>for a cord to a loffer jd </i>, York (CCW89). In York, the ordinances of the tilers and wrights referred in 1428 to the making of <i>draghtlouers </i> (SS125/174): this may have meant louvres which could be opened and shut or louvres which simply provided ventilation.

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