Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
fenêtre de corne
English translation:
horn (-paned) window
French term
fenêtre de corne
Et Je ne comprends pas que signifie cette 'fenetre'.
... Anatole se leve finalement pour observer la route a travers la petite fenetre de corne.
J'ai bien cherche dans le dictionnaire et en web aussi, ne pouvant pas trouver cette expression...
Merci d'avance..
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B D Finch
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Jan 2, 2014 20:40: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jan 2, 2014 21:40: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "fenetre de corne" to "fenêtre de corne"
Jan 7, 2014 10:02: B D Finch Created KOG entry
PRO (3): DLyons, Sandra & Kenneth Grossman, Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
horn (-paned) window
"In England, glass became common in the windows of ordinary homes only in the early 17th century whereas windows made up of panes of flattened animal horn were used as early as the 14th century."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window
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sporran
: http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/YORKSHIRE/YORK.CITY/MONUMENTS/Yo...
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Thanks sporran. Not much of a view!
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DLyons
: Yes. And possibly there's a hint of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_horn_and_ivory ?
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Thanks DL. Interesting ref, whether or not relevant.
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Rachel Fell
: I suppose, if there were window panes of horn there/then, that a road could be discerned through them to a greater or lesser extent
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Thanks Rachel. Perhaps he opened the window?
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Alison Sabedoria (X)
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Thanks Wordeffect.
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Discussion
voir II A. 2 de cette reference
une lame de corne peut servir de vitre