lyre — meaning in English

English meaning

• louver noun A set of sloping, overlapping slats that let air and light through while keeping out rain.
• lyre noun A small stringed instrument from ancient Greece, with two arms rising from a body to a crossbar, plucked like a harp.

Senses

lyre is used for these senses in English:

• louver A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. [from 14th c.]
• lyre (string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.

louver — full definition

1. noun A set of sloping, overlapping slats that let air and light through while keeping out rain.
2. noun A set of narrow slits, such as those in a car bonnet, that allow air to pass through for ventilation.

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