persiennes

persiennes [pur-zee-enz; French per-syen] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. (used with a plural verb) Persian blinds.
2. (used with a singular verb) a printed or painted fabric of cotton or silk.

Origin of persiennes 1835–45; French, noun use of plural of persienne, feminine of persien, obsolete variant of persan Persian Examples from the Web for persiennes Historical Examples of persiennes

He looked at the windows; those on the ground floor were provided with wooden shutters, those on the first floor with persiennes.

The White House (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XII)

Charles Paul de Kock

She got up, walked across the floor to the open window and unfastened the persiennes.

The Garden Of Allah

Robert Hichens

She watched the sunshine coming in bars through the persiennes, and her immediate surroundings again melted away.

The Rainbow

D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Very different to the lazy drawing up of a roller-blind in England is the swinging open of a pair of French persiennes.

Her Royal Highness Woman

Max O’Rell

British Dictionary definitions for persiennes persiennes pl n

1. outside window shutters having louvres to keep out the sun while maintaining ventilationAlso called: Persian blinds

Word Origin for persiennes C19: from French, from persien Persian