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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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Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..

Drop :: Drop (n.) To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc..

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..

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..

Loop :: Loop (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain..

Tape :: Tape (n.) A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape..

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..

Curtaining :: Curtaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curtai.

Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.

Proscenium :: Proscenium (n.) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework..

Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..

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

Leno :: Leno (n.) A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

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

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

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..

Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..

Scrim :: Scrim (n.) A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,; -- called also India scrim..

Incurtain :: Incurtain (v. t.) To curtain.

Tammy :: Tammy (n.) A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc..