Venetian blind

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Venetian blind

1. A blind, 1 made of thin horizontal slats or louvers, so connected as to overlap one another when closed, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of light and air when open; esp. a hanging blind of which the slats are held together by strips of webbing or other flexible material.

2. Adjustable exterior slatted shutters.

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