jill-mill
Anglo-Indian term for a Venetian blind or slatted screen used to shade windows in colonial-era India.
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Anglo-Indian term for a Venetian blind or slatted screen used to shade windows in colonial-era India. The name may derive from 'jalousie' (French for jealousy, also a louvred shutter) filtered through local pronunciation. Appeared in domestic inventories and household manuals of the British Raj and is now entirely obsolete.
She adjusted the jill-mill to let in a little breeze without admitting the afternoon glare.
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(India, obsolete) A Venetian blind.
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