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Definition of curtain

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Curtain (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..

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Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like..

Tringle :: Tringle (n.) A curtain rod for a bedstead.

Uncurtain :: Uncurtain (v. t.) To remove a curtain from; to reveal.

Upholster :: Upholster (v. t.) To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains..

Curtain :: Curtain (v. t.) To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

Portiere :: Portiere (n.) A curtain hanging across a doorway.

Velum :: Velum (n.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate..

Four-poster :: Four-poster (n.) A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.

Screen :: Screen (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc..

Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship..

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..

Drop :: Drop (n.) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc..

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.

Tower :: Tower (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher..

Dearborn :: Dearborn (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides..

Burlap :: Burlap (n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc..

Hornwork :: Hornwork (n.) An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.

Upholsterer :: Upholsterer (n.) One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters..

Curtain :: Curtain (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..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like..