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Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords..

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

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

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..

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

Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..

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

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

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

Purdah :: Purdah (n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc..

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

Moineau :: Moineau (n.) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain..

Haikal :: Haikal (n.) The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain..

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