Louvre /ˈluːv(ɹə)/ noun4 •[in the plural] A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. •A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.God above, this man was as chiseled as the statues she'd spied in the Louvre. — 2011 •Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation. •A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.But darknesse dred and daily night did hover / Through all the inner parts, wherein they dwelt; / Ne lightned was with window, nor with lover, / But with continuall candle-light […]. — 1596 formslouvres