Dictionary

window covering en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Material, including blinds, shades, curtains, and shutters, used to cover a window for the purpose of controlling sunlight, providing additional weatherproofing, ensuring privacy, or for aesthetic reasons.
   • Supplying the design or decorating firm with current window-covering samples, literature, and price charts. 1989, Karla J. Nielson, Window Treatments, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 315:
   • Window coverings: With drop-down window coverings (vs. drapes or curtains), it might be suitable to have a custom “valance” for each window. 2011, Kip Koehler, Custom Home Do's and Dont's: The ULTIMATE Guide for Getting Your Custom Home DONE RIGHT, Kip Koehler, page 136:
   • “Topper” is a broad term used to describe any fabric window covering that creates interest at the top of a window. Commonly referred to as valances, toppers can add instant impact to the overall design of a room in subtle or dramatic ways. 2006, Sue Sampson, Ellen DeLucia, Window Treatments Idea Book, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 65:
   • However, in the case of window coverings, the consumer is not likely to be seeking information for a number of reasons: 1. Corded window coverings are a highly familiar product to most consumers and easy to use […] 2018, Michael S. Wogalter, Forensic Human Factors and Ergonomics: Case Studies and Analyses, CRC Press, →ISBN:
   • Amy realizes that she must constrain the window covering to be inexpensive, and this may be challenging, so she shifts to a more associative mode of thought. The context “inexpensive” is denoted i. Amy knows that blinds are expensive. 2013, Oshin Vartanian, Adam S. Bristol, James C. Kaufman, Neuroscience of Creativity, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 35:

Forms

Hyponyms

shade (material used to cover a window) · curtain (material used to cover a window) · shutter (material used to cover a window) · drapery (material used to cover a window) · blind (material used to cover a window)

Translations (1)

fr couvre-fenêtre (material used to cover a window)