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Alternative letter-case form of Bamboo Curtain [(historical) The political and ideological barrier between the communist and capitalist states of Asia during the Cold War.]
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(architecture) Decoration or ornamental molding resembling a string of beads or of a semicircular cross section.
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A curtain made from blackout material, designed to block light (e.g. sunlight through a window) much more than a standard curtain
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A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
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A decorative trim used around exterior doors and windows.
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A net curtain (or lace curtain) for the lower half of a window.
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A style of curtain where both the lower half of a window and the top are covered, but with a gap in the upper half.
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(architecture) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
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(architecture) The decorative trim around a door or window.
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(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.
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(carpentry, nautical, archaic) dovetailed
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(architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
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Obsolete form of curtain. [A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.]
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Obsolete spelling of curtain [A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.]
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(architecture) Adorned with dentils.
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(countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
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Heavy cloth hung over a window.
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(architecture) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
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(architecture) Fan tracery.
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(architecture) A flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands that make up the architrave, in the Ionic order.
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(architecture) A thin featureless moulding/molding used as separation between broader decorative mouldings.
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(architecture) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
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(architecture) The internal flare of a window jamb, or of a fireplace; an embrasure; coving.
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(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
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A screen attached to the front of a motorcycle, designed to prevent insects from flying into the rider.
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Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture.
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(architecture) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded moulding.
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(visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
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A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.
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A thin, netlike curtain that lets light into a room, but obstructs vision from outside
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(historical) The panels of a coffered ceiling in Ancient Rome.
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(architecture) a window with strips of metal holding small pieces of glass
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(architecture) A narrow fillet or border.
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(architecture) An architectural fillet, a tile border or listel
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(chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of louvered [(American spelling) Having louvers.]
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A thin curtain that allows light into a room but prevents people outside from seeing inside.
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A decorative structure, usually plasterwork or carved wood, and sometimes containing a mirror, over a mantelpiece.
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A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
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(architecture) A narrow band ornamented with small flat disks.
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An interior decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.
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A window blind with movable slats, similar to a Venetian blind.
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A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.
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the exterior weather-facing surface of an exterior wall
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(architecture) A flat, narrow moulding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments.
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(art) The use of an object such as a curtain extremely close up to the picture plane in a painting. This originates from Baroque paintings and is used to create depth
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A blind for a window, usually of stiffened fabric, mounted on a pole and operated with a chain or spring mechanism.
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A cord, usually of braided cotton, connecting the sash weight to the sash (opening part of a window), and running over a pulley at the top of the frame.
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(architecture) A form of late German Gothic tracery in which the moulded bar seems to pass through itself in its convolutions, and is then cut off short, so that a section of the moulding is seen at the end of each similar stump.
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(theater, chiefly in the plural) A stage curtain of a kind that rises diagonally, not revealing the entire stage.
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(archaeology) A flat Roman roof tile with raised edges, joined together by an imbrex.
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(by extension) A delicate interlacing of lines reminiscent of the architectural ornament.
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A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
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Obsolete spelling of valance [A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.]
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Obsolete spelling of valance [A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.]
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(colloquial) A Venetian blind.
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A blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light.
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A swell organ with blinds patterned on Venetian blinds closing the swell box.
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A series of thin slats that hang in front of a window, which can be turned as a group close with a slight overlap to block the window.
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A set of vertical blinds.
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A curtain of light translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French window or glazed door.
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(architecture) Work made with voussoirs.
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To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
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A traditional Persian architectural element for creating natural ventilation in buildings.
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Material, including blinds, shades, curtains, and shutters, used to cover a window for the purpose of controlling sunlight, providing additional weatherproofing, ensuring privacy, or for aesthetic reasons.
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(interior decoration, chiefly US, Canada) A set of decorations for a window, often including curtains or blinds.
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(Utah) a barrier required by Utah state law (until July 2017) to hide areas where alcohol was prepared from restaurant patrons
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