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becurtain

verb

Etymology

From be- + curtain.

  1. derived from cōrtīna — “curtain”
  2. derived from cortine
  3. inherited from curtine
  4. prefixed as becurtain — “be + curtain”

Definitions

  1. To curtain

    To curtain; bedeck or cover with a curtain; (by extension, figurative) to shroud.

    • […] in that large, lofty, fine room, they had a tiny, old-fashioned, becurtained cabinet piano stuck right against the wall, unto which the singer's face was turned, and into which his voice was absorbed.
    • She lay becurtained in loose tresses, / Not seeing what her half-dropt zone / Let of her bosom's bower be shown […]
    • At the back of her neck, the real smell of her hair came out from under the chemical scents of the processes it was subjected to in that be-curtained shop below my office […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA