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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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  1. 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.
  2. n. That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
  3. n. That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
  4. n. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
  5. v. t. To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
  6. n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  7. n. any barrier to communication or vision
  8. v. provide with drapery
  9. That part of the rampart and parapet which is between twobastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
  10. 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