‖ brise-soleil
(briːzsɒˈleɪ)
[Fr., lit. ‘sun-breaker’.]
A device (whether a perforated screen, louvers, or projections) for shutting out direct or excessive sunlight.
| 1944 Archit. Rev. XCV. 69 Two main types of sun-baffle have been devised..: the pierced concrete screen or ‘cambogé’; and the quebra-sol or brise-soleil. 1962 Listener 15 Nov. 805/1 As in a modern brise-soleil, the two horizontal projections—balcony and roof—give shelter from the high midday sun. |