Crossword clues for blinds
blinds
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"window screens," 1771, from blind (singular blind in this sense is recorded from 1731).
Wiktionary
Wikipedia
Blinds may refer to:
- Window blind, a window covering composed of long strips of fabric or rigid material.
- Blinds (poker), forced bets posted by players in poker.
- WindowBlinds, a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface.
Usage examples of "blinds".
She liked to look at the stars before she fell asleep, but Ray had always insisted on keeping the blinds shut.
And now, this morning, even without pulling back the lacy blinds that covered her bedroom window, she could hear the snow.
He settled down at last in the kitchen, blinds open to the cobalt-blue sky, suburban-style row houses lit up in the efflorescence of dawn like tattered candy boxes.
Commonly, after seeing the harpooneers furnished with all things they demanded, he would escape from their clutches into his little pantry adjoining, and fearfully peep out at them through the blinds of its door, till all was over.
It deadens his ear to the song of birds, it blinds his eye to the seduction of flowers.