window blind

Origin of window blind

First recorded in 1720–30

Then she pulled down my window-blind and drew the curtains together.

Betty Grier |Joseph Waugh
That was the great puzzle as he lay there gazing at the window-blind, faintly illumined by the gas-lamps in the Crescent.

The Vast Abyss |George Manville Fenn
She raised the window-blind beside her, as she lay in the berth, and looked out.

The Silver Poppy |Arthur Stringer
Through the crack in the window-blind Marietta saw that Asaph was still under the tree.

A Chosen Few |Frank R. Stockton

Thus the rays of the sun glide to the earth as if they had passed between the slats of a window-blind.

In Search of the Castaways |Jules Verne