jalousie
noun
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.
jalousied
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a word derived from
jalousie.
Example Sentences
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It was a beautiful room we were in, all jalousied and curtained, all thoroughly tropical in appearance, while every nick-nack around us was mother’s—her work-box, writing-desk, books, everything.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables
The jalousied windows gave the street a delicious foreign look.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
Mrs. Austin was sitting close to the sash, with her invariable knitting-work, her aquiline profile and frilled cap strongly relieved against the jalousied shutters.
From Miriam Monfort A Novel by Catherine A. Warfield
Over the jalousied door was a brass plate with the word "Captain"; just below the plate was a card on which appeared, in bold and rather straggling handwriting, the intimation: "Don't knock—come in."
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Returning to his cabin—a single-berth one on the port side—Schoeffer closed the deadlight and drew a curtain over the jalousied door.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
