Venetian
Venetian , adjective
[Compare Italian Veneziano, Latin Venetianus.]
Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy.
Collocations (9)
Venetian blind , a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as to overlap each other when closed, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of air and light when in other positions.
Venetian carpet , an inexpensive carpet, used for passages and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple stripes.
Venetian chalk , a white compact talc or steatite, used for marking on cloth, etc.
Venetian door (Architecture) , a door having long, narrow windows or panes of glass on the sides.
Venetian glass , a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass of different colors fused together and wrought into various ornamental patterns.
Venetian red , a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate of iron; -- called also scarlet ocher.
Venetian soap , See Castile soap, under Soap.
Venetian sumac (Botany) , a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree.
Venetian window (Architecture) , a window consisting of a main window with an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow window with a square head.
Venetian , noun
1.
A native or inhabitant of Venice.
2.
Galligaskins. [Obsolete]
3.
A Venetian blind. [Colloquial]