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

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