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CURTAINING
Verb
curtaining
present participle of curtain
Noun
curtaining (countable and uncountable, plural curtainings)
Material used for curtains.
Source: Wiktionary
CURTAIN
Cur"tain (kr"tn; 48), n. Etym: [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]
1. 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. (Fort.)
Definition: That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak. Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
– Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. Jerrold. A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. W. Irving.
– The curtain falls, the performance closes.
– The curtain rises, the performance begins.
– To draw the curtain, to close ot over an object, or to remove it; hence: (a) To hide or to disclose an object. (b) To commence or close a performance.
– To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the performance.
Cur"tain, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtained (-tnd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
Definition: To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains. So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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