ventipane
noun/ˈvɛn.tɪˌpeɪn/
Etymology Compound of vent + pane. First used in early 20th-century American automotive contexts.
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Automotive, Transport, Vehicles A small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.
- A sliding bolt latch is attached to the ventiplane window to engage the vertical window guide, preventing the window from being forced open from the outside.1933, The SAE Journal, volumes 42-43, Society of Automotive Engineers, page 450:
- The first job assigned to the robot was to remove the castings of small “ventipane” car windows from the dies, check them by holding them up to a feeler switch, and then drop them on a conveyor belt.1995, Ford R. Bryan, edited by Sarah Evans, Henry’s Attic: Some fascinating Gifts to Henry Ford and His Museum, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, page 228:
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- The “Ventipane,” a wide air vent just ahead of the windshield that opened from inside the passenger compartment, caused this.2021 March 30, Randy Leffingwell, Corvette: Chevrolet's Supercar, Motorbooks, page 41:
- Synonyms
- vent window, quarter glass
- Related terms
- ventilation