English Explanatory Dictionary

femerell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.

Word forms

femerell femerells femerall fumerell

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English fumerelle, from Old French fumeraille; ultimately derived from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Likely a doublet of fumarole.

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