Meanings
plural Veluxes · alternative velux
- A skylight or roof window, especially one manufactured by the VELUX company.
With proper insulation and a few veluxes I could make more rooms up here — more money-earning 'chambres d'hotes'.
2015, Chloe Rayban, Lost and Found, page 1783 more examples
On the north side, he raised and classicised the stair tower window and replaced veluxes in the low-sweeping roof with a pair of piended (hipped) dormers.
2007, Country Life, volume 201, numbers 1-4, page 48There are two large Veluxes in the steeply pitched roof, and a battery of windows is set high into the bare white walls.
2017, Annemarie Neary, Siren, page 223The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes. It contained junk, I thought at first, but then I was surprised to make out that this included Victorian and even Georgian furniture […]
2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops
Origin
From a trademark.
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