Definition of vent

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vent ²    (vnt) KEY  

NOUN:

A slit in a garment, as in the back seam of a jacket.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English vente, alteration (probably influenced by Old French vent, wind), of fente from Old French, slit, from fendre, to split open, from Latin findere ; see fission

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