Purdah: alternatives and connections

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that…

To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal.

A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any…

The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.

Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; b…

A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.

A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton ca…

To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with st…

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adap…

Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.

To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curta…

a strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and s…

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…

A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from pri…