curtain
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,620 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,389 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) also: drape, drapery, mantle, pall
- any barrier to communication or vision a curtain of secrecya curtain of trees
verb
- provide with drapery curtain the bedrooms
curtain in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He picked at the fringe of the window curtain.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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How many a poor one's blessing went With thee beneath the low green tent Whose curtain never outward swings!
Snow-bound · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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The world need never know the solemnity of their lives when the curtain was lowered and they were alone together.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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And yet they are occupied; for often, in the afternoon, a curtain is drawn aside, and a shadow is seen to move.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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In the middle of the temple was an altar, on which lay a book, and behind the altar hung a great curtain.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1