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Definition of Curtaining
1. curtain [v] - See also: curtain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtaining
Literary usage of Curtaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Lowell by Charles Cowley (1868)
"... chimnies curtaining the heavens with smoke,— the spires of churches, belfries
of factories, and gables o houses,—the radiant cross of St. Patrick's ..."
2. The American Amateur Photographer (1891)
"Curtaining THE LIGHT—Amateurs who may be the happy possessors of skylights will
do well to pay attention to the proper arrangement of the curtains, ..."
3. Camera (1907)
"I have before this given a method for curtaining the light, but I am going ...
This permits of the operator curtaining off the lower part of his light and ..."