Venetian

a. [Fr. Vénétien, Sp. Veneziano, It. Veneziano, Veneto, Lat. Venetianus, Venetus.] (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Venice.

Venetian blind, a blind for windows, doors, &c., made of thin slats set in a frame, often movable on end-pins, and so disposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of air and light when in other positions.—Venetian chalk, a white, compact talc or steatite, used for marking on cloth, and the like. Dana.—Venetian door, a door having long, narrow windows or panes of glass on the sides.—Venetian window, a window consisting of a main window with a long and narrow window on each side.