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Definition of "volet" []

  • A veil, especially one worn by women, and forming a part of the outdoor dress in the middle ages. (noun)
  • In painting, one of the wings or shutters of a picture formed as a triptych, as in Rubens's “Descent from the Cross” in Antwerp Cathedral, the volets of which are painted on both sides. (noun)
  • A door, or one leaf of a door, in ornamental furniture and similar decorative objects. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "volet" in a sentence
  • "Is that handsome "plank" perhaps a section of a volet?"
  • "Epi. ad Dorpium de Moria. si quispiam offendatur et sibi vindicet, non habet quod expostulet cum eo scripsit, ipse si volet, secum agat injuriam, utpote sui proditor, qui declaravit hoc ad se proprie pertinere."
  • "[3807] Ipse deus simul atque volet me solvet opinor."
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