See Also: Trombe(dictionary)

stengah (iou) and Trombe (iou)


stengah (iou)



stengah noun. Now rare. L19.

Among the British in Malaysia: a half measure of whisky with soda or water.

Trombe (iou)



Trombe noun. L20.
[Felix Trombe, 20th-cent. French inventor.]
Used attrib. to designate a masonry wall of a kind designed by F. Trombe and J. Michel, having glass sheeting fixed a small distance in front of it to absorb solar radiation, and usu. ventilated internally to release the heat into the building.