Volet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shutter on a window.
  2. 2
    Either wing of a triptych.

    "Painted on panel, and possibly the central volet of a triptych, it showed an enthroned Madonna rescuing from Satan a young man whom she clutches by the wrist."

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"Painted on panel, and possibly the central volet of a triptych, it showed an enthroned Madonna rescuing from Satan a young man whom she clutches by the wrist."

Etymology

Borrowed from French volet.

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