curtain
noun
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
curtaining
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present participleof curtain.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He can no longer hold back this rage that he has been curtaining off with these civil gestures.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
Cedars-Sinai has recruited more staff and expanded areas to care for patients, including curtaining off places in the hospital as “alternative care units.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
The curtaining of the Carnegie disappointed a stream of hungry would-be customers on Monday, many of them tourists who went out of their way to test their tolerance for protein.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015
In one year the F. W. Woolworth Co. sold 45 tons of candy, 5,113 miles of curtaining, 54 million handkerchiefs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The curtaining growth was so bent down with a weight of snow that even Nel-te must have stooped to pass under it.
From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various
