jalousie

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A component in a ventilation system.

2. 2

   Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but…

   Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.

   • A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour.
   • Nowhere the glitter of a glass casement; Venetian blinds, jalousies, closed every window, and rooms projected in all directions to catch the luxury of a through-draft of air.
3. 3

   A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted…

   A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

The neighborhood

• neighborblind
• neighborcurtain