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Definition of Skreen
1. n. & v. See Screen.
Definition of Skreen
1. Noun. (obsolete form of screen) ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete form of screen) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skreen
1. a partition [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skreen
Literary usage of Skreen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zohrab the Hostage. by James Justinian Morier (1833)
"breathing of some one behind the skreen was heard. ... Upon this an eye and a
small hand were seen through the crevice of the skreen, showing anxiety to ..."
2. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"As all the eastern skreen is richly and picturesquely .wooded, the illumination
of the ... Some prominent part of the woody skreen always catches the light, ..."
3. The Travels Through England of Dr. Richard Pococke, Successively Bishop of by Richard Pococke, James Joel Cartwright (1889)
"There are great remains of the Abbey, as a hall with a fine carved skreen, a date
on it of about 1428; a room called the ..."
4. Illustrations of Lying, in All Its Branches by Amelia Alderson Opie (1829)
"THE skreen, OR " NOT AT HOME." THE widow of Governor Atheling returned from the
East Indies, old, rich, and childless; and as she had none but very distant ..."
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