Definition of "jalousie" []

• A blind or shutter having adjustable horizontal slats for regulating the passage of air and light. (noun)

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• "Dick looked about him, but could see nothing at all suitable until his gaze happened to fall upon the window of a house opposite him, which was closed by a kind of jalousie shutter."
• "James Carl "jalousie" 2008 Installation view Courtesy of Diaz Contemporary/photo Toni Hafkenscheid"
• "A cramped sun porch wrapped in jalousie windows, sparsely furnished."