Curtain — Defs

01 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 o…

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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 movable screen for concealing the stage.
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That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.(Fort.) See: Ravelin, Bastion
3.
That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.(Arch.)
4.
A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.[Obs.]
“A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.” — W. Irving.

02 v. t. To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

imp. & p. p. Curtained; p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining

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To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
“So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red.” — Milton.