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noun
- In naval architecture a jalousie is a component in a ventilation system.
- 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 -blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour." — Dickens, Tale of Two Cities
Etymology: French
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