portiere
noun
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
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portiere
American
[pawr-tyair, -teer, pohr-, pawr-tee-air, pohr-]
/ pɔrˈtjɛər, -ˈtɪər, poʊr-, ˌpɔr tiˈɛər, ˌpoʊr- /
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portière
noun
portière
British
/ ˌpɔːtɪˈɛə, pɔrtjɛr /
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Etymology
Origin of portiere
1835–45; < French portière < Medieval Latin portāria, noun use of feminine of Late Latin portārius; see porter 2
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Meantime, the prince retrieved his priceless paintings and handmade clothes from the portiere, or janitor, who had helpfully hidden them when the inspector called.
From Time Magazine Archive
He thought he saw Cathy’s door close very silently, but perhaps the leaping candlelight had fooled his eyes, for a portiere seemed to move too.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
After repeated knocking he decided to go to the door, which he did, with hell-fire in his eyes, as his fiancée stepped behind a portiere.
From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Marie Saltus
Then, she drew the burlap portiere across the mosquito door, and lighted her candle, and began writing,—writing what?
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Two large chambers open out from this, which have no windows, but are entered through a large, arched doorway closed by a portiere or a heavy, massive curtain.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
If Eusapia had been able to adroitly slip her hand around and seize the book through the portière, the bare outline of the book would not have been seen, but a protuberance of the portière.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion
Beyond the audience chamber there were two or three more reception rooms, and from the last of these a door masked by a heavy portière, gave on milor's study.
From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
We were in Milverton's study, and a portière at the farther side showed the entrance to his bedroom.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various
The door, veiled by a portière, was not closed, but sufficiently closed to prevent any view of the corridor, which, otherwise, it commanded throughout.
From The Late Tenant by Louis Tracy
The heavy portière fell back with a curious sound like a moan, and for the third time to-day husband and wife stood face to face alone.
From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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