The Collaborative International Dictionary
Persiennes \Per`si*ennes"\ (p[~e]r`s[i^]*[e^]nz"; F. p[~e]r`sy[e^]n"), n. pl. [F.] Window blinds having movable slats, similar to Venetian blinds.
Usage examples of "persiennes".
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.
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.