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sparver

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[spahr-ver] / ˈspɑr vər /

noun

  1. a tentlike bed curtain or canopy.

  2. a bed curtain suspended from a flat, circular covering on the ceiling.

  3. 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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