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

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

The kitchen is partly hidden by fluted glass and a window shade.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2020

Next thing I know, I open the window shade, and we’re in Hawaii.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 25, 2019

Each night, the sinking sun, like a ring on a window shade, pulled night down over the neighborhood.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides