The Collaborative International Dictionary
Persienne \Per`si*enne"\ (p[~e]r`s[i^]*[e^]n"; p[~e]r`sh[i^]*[e^]n"; F. p[~e]r`sy[e^]n"), n. [F., fem. of presien Persian.] Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character.
Wiktionary
n. 1 print calico or similar material. 2 A window blind with movable slats, similar to a Venetian blind.
Usage examples of "persienne".
Laurent had pushed back the persiennes, and a magical panorama had sprung into view: the whole range of the mountains behind Nice, their snow-caps suffused with a heavenly rose colour by the setting sun.
But the upper part, with the yellow plaster crumbling from the walls, the grey painted persiennes all monotonously closed, said with a thousand voices it was never opened, never entered, had not been lived in for years.