Jalousie

//ˈʒalʊziː// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A component in a ventilation system.
  2. 2
    a shutter made of angled slats wordnet
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    a window with glass louvers wordnet
  5. 5
    A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

Etymology

Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.

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