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 /
noun
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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
Lind bowed acquiescence; and the stranger passed again through the portiere and disappeared.
From Sunrise by William Black
“We will draw this portiere across the doorway, and no gentleman would think of entering,” said Lib.
From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Daphne Dale
He had pushed back a dusty portiere to find himself in what could be nothing less than the Professor’s sleeping chamber.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Harry Bates
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
McCartney swayed and seized a yellow-plush portière for support.
From Mortmain by Arthur Cheny Train
There was the faint clash of portière rings, and the sound of the French doors being opened.
From Doors of the Night by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
He sighed copiously through his nose, and changed legs; his dull eyes turned to the portière.
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley
Half hidden by a portière, stretched three quarter length upon a divan, Marr reclined, deep in a book of modern verse.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
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