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‖ portière|pɔrtjɛr|
[Fr.:—med.L. portāria, prop. fem. sing. of adj. portārius belonging to a door or gate; see porter n.1]
A curtain hung over a door or doorway, to prevent draught, to serve as a screen, or for ornament. Also fig.
1843Ainsworth's Mag. IV. 111 Her ladyship's cozy house refurnished with portières to all the doors. 1855Thackeray Newcomes lxiii, What frightful Boucher and Lancret shepherds and shepherdesses leered over the portières! 1881Cornh. Mag. July 50 He drew aside the portière that concealed the door. 1905Spectator 7 Jan. 11/2 The waters go chasing down the cliffs in deep descending channels hung with curtains and portières of moss. 1909Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 664/2 The Cashmere dyes are fitted only for shawls and portières and tapestries for walls. 1927F. B. Young Portrait of Clare v. 524 A chair went over with a crash, the portière was ripped from its hanging. 1944S. Bellow Dangling Man 184, I sat down at a desk in a corner, near one of the portieres. 1975New Yorker 11 Aug. 71/1 At the gala it was done against a black backcloth that opened into portières.
attrib.1893Saltus Madam Sapphira 83 There was a jostle of portière rings. 1897Daily News 9 Nov. 6/5 A pair of portière curtains, old appliquée embroidery on crimson silk velvet ground.
Hence portiˈèred a., furnished with a portière.
1923F. L. Packard Four Stragglers v. 184 She turned her head a little, facing the portièred window beside the fireplace of the living-room in which they stood. |