"വെനീഷ്യൻ" എന്ന വാക്ക് സാധാരണയായി ഇറ്റാലിയൻ നഗരമായ വെനീസുമായോ അതിലെ നിവാസികളുമായോ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട എന്തെങ്കിലും സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. തിരശ്ചീന സ്ലാറ്റുകൾ കൊണ്ട് നിർമ്മിച്ച ഒരു തരം അന്ധത അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വിൻഡോ കവറിംഗും ഇതിന് സൂചിപ്പിക്കാം.
1. Half-opened venetian blinds let thin rays of sunlight break in from below, casting a patterned shadow over the tatty floorboards.
2. Baseball Cap lifted a panel of the Venetian blind to check the coast was clear before refilling his cup and joining his crony.
3. It was known as a fact that the Most Serene Don John of Austria, natural brother of our good king Don Philip, was coming as commander-in-chief of the allied forces, and rumours were abroad of the vast warlike preparations which were being made, all which stirred my heart and filled me with a longing to take part in the campaign which was expected and though I had reason to believe, and almost certain promises, that on the first opportunity that presented itself I should be promoted to be captain, I preferred to leave all and betake myself, as I did, to Italy and it was my good fortune that Don John had just arrived at Genoa, and was going on to Naples to join the Venetian fleet, as he afterwards did at Messina.
4. I fell to the lot of a Venetian renegade who, when a cabin boy on board a ship, had been taken by Uchali and was so much beloved by him that he became one of his most favoured youths.
5. Silk velvet so soft I wondered if they made blankets out of the stuff so I could wrap myself in heaven while I slept, and Venetian lace the real stuff some old Italian lady made by hand with dozens of little spindles.
6. With its ocean view balconies, Venetian chandeliers, and dance floor waxed to a glittery sheen, the club only catered to the high and mighty.
7. In a recess was a kind of divan, surmounted with a stand of Arabian swords in silver scabbards, and the handles resplendent with gems from the ceiling hung a lamp of Venetian glass, of beautiful shape and color, while the feet rested on a Turkey carpet, in which they sunk to the instep tapestry hung before the door by which Franz had entered, and also in front of another door, leading into a second apartment which seemed to be brilliantly illuminated.
8. From the apartments on the ground floor might be heard the sound of music, with the whirl of the waltz and galop, while brilliant streams of light shone through the openings of the Venetian blinds.
9. The darkness lasted two hours longer then by degrees a cold light crept through the Venetian blinds, until at length it revealed the objects in the room.
10. An annual rent of from twenty-five to a hundred dollars, these are the country rates, entitles him to the benefit of the improvements of centuries, spacious apartments, clean paint and paper, Rumford fireplace, back plastering, Venetian blinds, copper pump, spring lock, a commodious cellar, and many other things.