ventipane

English

Etymology

Compound of vent +‎ pane. First used in early 20th-century American automotive contexts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛn.tɪˌpeɪn/

Noun

ventipane (plural ventipanes)

  1. (automotive) 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.
    • 1933, The SAE Journal, volumes 42-43, Society of Automotive Engineers, page 450:
      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.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 2021 March 30, Randy Leffingwell, Corvette: Chevrolet's Supercar, Motorbooks, page 41:
      The “Ventipane,” a wide air vent just ahead of the windshield that opened from inside the passenger compartment, caused this.

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