lucarne

The term lucarne is used in France to mean "dormer window".

A lucarne is a type of dormer window on a spire or roof.

On each cardinal face is a two-light lucarne.

On the tower is a broach spire with a two-light lucarne on each cardinal side.

See Lucarne in French Wikipedia.

Around the top of the tower is a timber-framed stage which carries a broach spire with small Lakeland slates and a louvred lucarne.

Lucarne (Le Serpent à Plumes, 1999)

Le Vasistas or La Lucarne (The Fanlight)

From the gable of the south-west elevation projects a boarded 'lucarne', or sack hoist enclosure, a feature which is characteristic of many older flour mills.

In the roof facing Foregate Street and in that facing Bath Street is a lucarne with a finial.

In 1993, she opened the Auberge La Lucarne aux Chouettes, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Burgundy (www.lesliecaron-auberge.com).

La Lucarne aux Chouettes or The Owls' Nest restaurant run by Leslie Caron, serving Burgundy specialities.

Seasonal menus of classic French cuisine have made La Lucarne d'Outremont (1030 Laurier Street West; 514-279-7355) a favorite among savvy Montrealers.

On the front of the main part of the house are, from the left, a round turret with a conical roof containing a hipped lucarne and surmounted by a finial, a high shaped chimney, and an octagonal turret with an octagonal spire and finial.

To the Editor: I was surprised that in an excellent article about Colette and Burgundy, "A Museum to Salute a National Treasure" (April 13), the author failed to include a recommendation to stop at La Lucarne aux Chouettes (the Owls' Skylight) in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.