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

Leave in place the salute-to-embroidery interior, the Hollywood window shades and silkscreened wheels.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Moskowitz first came to broad notice with collagelike paintings in which he glued window shades to canvases that had been painted various shades of off-white.

From New York Times

During the day, you can cool down your apartment by closing your window shades so that the sun does not heat up your space.

From Encyclopedia.com

In addition, a rainwater retention pond creates a net-positive water system, and automated window shades regulate direct light.

From National Geographic

The plane’s window shades had been drawn shut, and the aircraft seemed “sealed off from the outside world,” Mrs. Timmins recalled.

From Washington Post