jalousie

IPA: dʒʌɫʌsi

(naval architecture) 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 pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

Examples of "jalousie" in Sentences

A cramped sun porch wrapped in jalousie windows, sparsely furnished.
Clawson tried to see through the corner of the jalousie with no success.
James Carl "jalousie" 2008 Installation view Courtesy of Diaz Contemporary/photo Toni Hafkenscheid
The front window slid open, and in the back were jalousie windows that I cranked wide to let in the breeze.
He heard footsteps on the steel stairway, then a shadow crossed his window and someone tapped tentatively on the jalousie.
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.