1. Noun
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. Noun
That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
3. Noun
That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. Noun
A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
5. Verb
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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