Jalousie (noun)
zhal-oo-zee
a blind, or window made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
1585–95; French Italian gelosia jealousy; so called because such blinds afford a view while hiding the viewer
Example sentences
“He tilted the jalousie out of the rain.”
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