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luthern|ˈl(j)uːθən|
Forms: 7 lutheran, -en, 8 luthron, 7– luthern.
[? A corruption of lucarne. Cf. luteon.]
A dormer-window. Also luthern-light, luthern-window.
1669in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 557 With hansome Lutheran windowes in the roofe. 1679Moxon Mech. Exerc. 169 Luthern, See Dormer. 1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 901 In measuring of Roofing, seldom any deductions are made for..the Vacancies for Lutheren Lights, and Sky-Lights. 1723–24Chambers tr. S. le Clerc's Archit. I. 109 We call Lutherns, those Windows rais'd over the Corniche of a Building, and in the Roof of the House. 1751Halfpenny New Designs Farm Houses 7, 2 Luthron Windows with Cheeks at 9/s. each. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. Introd. 5 The inside of the dome..receives light from eight luthern windows regularly disposed. 1823Nicholson Pract. Builder 587 Luthern. 1886E. L. Bynner A. Surriage xv. 167 The gambrel roof and luthern window. |