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stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. "A sable curtain starred with gold." Young.

eir purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. "Two rogues in buckram suits." Shak.

A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

llet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords.

An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.

The representation of a tent used as a bearing. Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy. -- Tent caterpillar (Zoöl.), any one of several species of gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very destructive t…

a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.

A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like. Men drinken and the travers draw anon. Chaucer. And the entrance of the king, The first traverse was drawn. F. Beaumont.

A curtain rod for a bedstead.

To draw aside or open; to draw back. Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young.

nishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains.

One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. Upholsterer bee. (Zoöl.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy.

Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face. The veil of the temple was rent in twain. Matt. xxvii. 51. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadornéd golden…

Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate.

A curtain of light and translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French casement window or a glazed door.

fold, Voluminous and vast. Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. De Quincey.

of deerskin dressed and whitened, With the gods of the Dacotahs Drawn and painted on its curtains. Longfellow.