vitrine

noun /vɪˈtɹiːn/

1. A glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, fine merchandise, natural history specimens, etc.

   Lastly, when great numbers of the plates are treated with the hot or boiling water, it should be done in a vitrine or cabinet ventilated directly into the open air.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French vitrine, from vitre (“pane of glass”), from Old French, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry vitrine (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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