jalousie

[ jal-uh-see or, esp. British, zhal-oo-zee ]

/ ˈdʒæl əˌsi or, esp. British, ˈʒæl ʊˌzi /

a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.

a window made of glass slats or louvers of a similar nature.

Origin of jalousie

1585–95; < French < Italian gelosia jealousy; so called because such blinds afford a view while hiding the viewer

jal·ou·sied, adjective

jalee, jalisco, jalopy, jalor, jalouse, jalousie, jam, jam nut, jam session, jam-pack, jam-packed

She obeyed him, setting the window and the jalousie ajar after her as she had found them.

The Velvet Glove |Henry Seton Merriman
Charleston sits and smiles behind its jalousie blinds—a conservative relic of Huguenot days.

Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 |Various
Is our heroine a captive behind a Spanish jalousie, or in an Italian convent?'

Sketches |Benjamin Disraeli
Hearing the noise, the fellow opened the jalousie, and came out into the verandah above.

The Pacha of Many Tales |Frederick Marryat

Not even your slippers, to protect you from the scorpions and centipedes,” replied the lady, shutting the “jalousie.

Olla Podrida |Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

jalousie

/ (ˈʒælʊˌziː) /

a window blind or shutter constructed from angled slats of wood, plastic, etc

a window made of similarly angled slats of glass

C19: from Old French gelosie latticework screen, literally: jealousy, perhaps because one can look through the screen without being seen