Definition of Lucarnes

1. lucarne [n] - See also: lucarne

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lucarnes

lubricative
lubricator
lubricators
lubricin
lubricins
lubricious
lubriciously
lubricities
lubricity
lubricous
lubritorium
lubritoriums
lucanthone
lucanthone hydrochloride
lucarne
lucarnes (current term)
lucatumumab
luce
lucence
lucences
lucencies
lucency
lucensomycin
lucent
lucentamycin
lucentamycins
lucently
lucerative
lucern
lucernal

Literary usage of Lucarnes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Specifications for Practical Architecture: Preceded by an Essay on the ...by Alfred Bartholomew by Alfred Bartholomew (1840)
"L'on a orné ces lucarnes de pilastres, de frontons de différents " manières, avec beaucoup de dépense ; on les faisoit ordinairement de pierre Je " taille ..."

2. Annales (1869)
"Le haut de la muraille septentrionale du corps de Logis du Roi était aussi couronné de fausses lucarnes du XVe siècle, à la base desquelles existent de ..."

3. A History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800 by Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1897)
"In the dome as executed, all the windows are kept below the springing, and there are no lucarnes to intercept the grand outline of the dome. ..."

4. A Short History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800 by Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1904)
"In this drawing only eight lights are shown in the drum, and the dome is divided by eight external ribs, with small lucarnes in each bay of the dome. ..."

5. Greek Lines and Other Architectural Essays by Henry Van Brunt (1893)
"... the variety in unity of the great lucarnes ; the delicacy of the little dormers ; the spacious and elegant hospitality of the great chimneys, ..."

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