a window blind or shutter constructed from angled slats of wood, plastic, etc
2.
a window made of similarly angled slats of glass
Word origin
C19: from Old French gelosie latticework screen, literally: jealousy, perhaps because one can look through the screen without being seen
jalousie in American English
(ˈdʒæləˌsi; British ˈʒæluˌzi)
noun
a window, shade, or door formed of overlapping, horizontal slats, or louvers, of wood, metal, or glass, that can be adjusted to regulate the air or light coming between them
Word origin
Fr < It gelosia, lit., jealousy: prob. so named from permitting one to see without being seen
Examples of 'jalousie' in a sentence
jalousie
The setting sun poured in through the jalousie windows like fire, backlighting the food-laden buffet table.