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jalousie

noun as in Venetian blind

noun as in window shade

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Her family’s home lacked air conditioning, but they didn’t need it: their jalousie windows let in the sea breeze.

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I’m replacing the old jalousie windows with full-length screens and putting in a beadboard ceiling.

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The jalousies have all been closed, and the men are spread around the room as if assuming lookout posts.

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I open the jalousies beside my bed and look out past the patio to the yard beyond.

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Interior walls were built as jalousies to allow air to flow through the entire house.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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