MEANING
A curtain hung across a doorway, usually for decoration, privacy, or protection from drafts.
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- heavy portiere
- velvet portiere
- draw the portiere
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A velvet portiere separated the two rooms.
She drew the portiere against the draft.
The heavy portiere stirred as someone entered.
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- portiere
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular portiere; plural portieres. Variant portière. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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