sparver
American
[spahr-ver]
/ ˈspɑr vər /
noun
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a tentlike bed curtain or canopy.
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a bed curtain suspended from a flat, circular covering on the ceiling.
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a bed having a tentlike curtain or canopy.
Etymology
Origin of sparver
1400–50; late Middle English sperver < Middle French esprevier sparrow hawk, canopy bed < Germanic
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