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

Pull the curtains closed or drop the window shade to corral the cold air next to the window.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

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

The poster snaps up like a window shade.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor