| (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. | |
| (n.) | That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion. | |
| (n.) | That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc. | |
| (n.) | A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. | |
| (v. t.) | To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains. |
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