Thesaurus: curtain
A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movabl…
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- n. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.
- n. That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
- n. That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
- n. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
- v. t. To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
- n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- n. any barrier to communication or vision
- v. provide with drapery
- That part of the rampart and parapet which is between twobastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
- v:1/n:99 n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) n. any barrier to communication or vision v. provide with drapery