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• venetian blind
  venetian blind

  noun

  a blind, as for a window, having overlapping horizontal slats that may be opened or closed, especially one in which the slats may be raised and drawn together above the window by pulling a cord.
• Venetian blind
  Venetian blind

  noun

  a window blind consisting of a number of horizontal slats whose angle may be altered to let in more or less light

venetian blind

American  

noun

1. a blind, as for a window, having overlapping horizontal slats that may be opened or closed, especially one in which the slats may be raised and drawn together above the window by pulling a cord.

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Venetian blind British  

noun

1. a window blind consisting of a number of horizontal slats whose angle may be altered to let in more or less light

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Other Word Forms

• venetianed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of venetian blind

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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A panhandler enters a subway car, and every eye turns to the floor as smoothly as the slats of a venetian blind sliding shut.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019

A car passed slowly outside, its headlights illuminating the bathroom through an open venetian blind.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019

“If I fix this, you have to start the story with it,” Chris Christie told me, yanking the string of the venetian blind in the diner window.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2014

From shore, the swell lines were stacked up to the horizon like a venetian blind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suddenly the venetian blind that hung before the door of a bedroom farther on swayed out before a hand variously ringed to emit a lady in a pink lawn dress with apt embroideries.

From The Pool in the Desert by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

It seemed as though a massive Venetian blind was opening, an emerald sky materializing against cold space.

From Nature ● Aug. 23, 2016

When Double Indemnity hit screens in 1944 it was branded "scabrous" by Americana queen Kate Smith, for making unethical use of Venetian blind lighting and Babs Stanwyck in a blonde wig.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2014

We were behind a Venetian blind and I remember people from our year going: "You'll never guess who's behind there: Jason Isaacs and Emma Hewitt!"

From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013

Here he is, in “All Day Permanent Red,” showing Greek troops rising for battle: Think of a raked sky-wide Venetian blind.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2011

In the corner of my eye I caught a slight movement at the window, a Venetian blind slit open, then closed.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd