jalousie
a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
a window made of glass slats or louvers of a similar nature.
Origin of jalousie
1Other words from jalousie
- jal·ou·sied, adjective
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How to use jalousie in a sentence
There nine great windows, green jalousied, gave upon a wide balcony.
The Island Mystery | George A. BirminghamThe jalousied windows gave the street a delicious foreign look.
Despair's Last Journey | David Christie MurrayI am writing now by the jalousied window, half listening to the dip of oars as the gondolas go lazily by in the afternoon light.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for jalousie
/ (ˈʒælʊˌziː) /
a window blind or shutter constructed from angled slats of wood, plastic, etc
a window made of similarly angled slats of glass
Origin of jalousie
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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