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fenêtre de corne

English translation: horn (-paned) window

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French term or phrase:fenêtre de corne
English translation:horn (-paned) window
Entered by: B D Finch

14:11 Jan 2, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Folklore / dialecte de la Bretagne
French term or phrase: fenêtre de corne
Je suis en train de lire le roman 'Fleur de tonnerre' par Jean Teule.
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..
malamour
Local time: 20:20
horn (-paned) window
Explanation:
Perhaps, if this was a very old house.

"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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B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:20
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3 +4horn (-paned) window
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fenetre de corne
horn (-paned) window


Explanation:
Perhaps, if this was a very old house.

"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



B D Finch
France
Local time: 13:20
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PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sporran: http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/YORKSHIRE/YORK.CITY/MONUMENTS/Yo...
1 hr
  -> Thanks sporran. Not much of a view!
agree  DLyons: Yes. And possibly there's a hint of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_horn_and_ivory ?
3 hrs
  -> Thanks DL. Interesting ref, whether or not relevant.
agree  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
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Rachel. Perhaps he opened the window?
agree  Alison Sabedoria (X)
17 hrs
  -> Thanks Wordeffect.
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