English

Noun

chick-blinds pl ‎(plural only)

1. (India, Pakistan, Malaysia) A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.
   • 1895, Charlotte Maria Tucker, Letter to Miss 'Leila' Hamilton, in Agnes Giberne, The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker, London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 206,

     I have, however, "chick" blinds to my outer doors; these are made of thin split bamboos; and if I let them down, no one can see in.

   • 1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, Random House, 2008, Part IV,

     Mirza Saeed drew up the chick blinds and fastened their cords.

   • 2009, Harold Bergsma, The Opium Eaters, Chapter 21, p. 151,

     A slightly warm breeze came in the window from behind the chick-blinds which the gardener sprayed with water from the hose every fifteen minutes.

Synonyms

• chick