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Maintenance LOUVER ( Louvre ) A lantern - like structure raised on the roof above the central hearth of a hall , designed to extract smoke . Its sides were covered in sloping slats to keep out the rain and provide an up - draught .
Maintenance LOUVER ( Louvre ) A lantern - like structure raised on the roof above the central hearth of a hall , designed to extract smoke . Its sides were covered in sloping slats to keep out the rain and provide an up - draught .
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The basic meaning seems to be a sloping roof , either single or double ( like an inverted V ) . A building with such a roof ( e.g. those in bailey with roof sloping up to curtain ) was called a pentise or penthouse .
The basic meaning seems to be a sloping roof , either single or double ( like an inverted V ) . A building with such a roof ( e.g. those in bailey with roof sloping up to curtain ) was called a pentise or penthouse .
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Roofs Similar situations occurred at other times . A Florentine visitor reported in later C13 : ' We passed through many woods considered here as dangerous places , as they are infested with robbers ; which indeed is the case with most ...
Roofs Similar situations occurred at other times . A Florentine visitor reported in later C13 : ' We passed through many woods considered here as dangerous places , as they are infested with robbers ; which indeed is the case with most ...
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