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brise-bise

[breez-beez]

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noun

a short curtain, often of lace, hung on the lower section of a window.

Origin of brise-bise

1910–15; < French: literally, (it) breaks (the) wind (brise 3rd singular present of briser to break; bise north wind)

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Historical Examples of brise-bise

Behind the silken curtains and brise-bise of Number 14, the “Pampered Pet” had her residence.
Betty Trevor
Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey