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noun 
  1. In naval architecture a jalousie is a component in a ventilation system.
  2. 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
Translations: 
  • Spanish: celosí­a
Etymology: French

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