Austrian blind

noun

variants or Austrian shade or less commonly Austrian curtain

: a curtain that usually can be raised and lowered by pulling a cord and that is gathered along vertical lines in a way that forms a scalloped pattern

… bustles … ruched in the manner of Austrian shades …

—Linda Gillan Griffin, Houston Chronicle, 17 Sept. 1999

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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