window shade

American  

noun

1. a shade or blind for a window, as a sheet of cloth or paper on a spring roller.

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Regionalisms

Shade is used widely for window shade, although blind is common in the Midland U.S. (as well as in Great Britain), and curtain is used chiefly in New England and the South Atlantic states.

Etymology

Origin of window shade

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Inside, I closed the door with a wave of my hand and turned the window shade dark with a swipe of my finger.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

The most disturbing sight, though, came into view when I shut off the last film and raised the window shade.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022

The window shade was drawn, giving the artificially lit room a bunkerlike feeling.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2021

“For the window shade, you don’t own it as much as you are responsible for it,” says veteran business traveler Jeffrey Walsh of Delran, N.J., who founded a social network for travelers called Nomo FOMO.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2018

It had a roll-down bamboo window shade and a fine closet full of shelves and a pull-out trundle in case someday a friend came to spend the night.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold