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Portiere

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por·tière or por·tiere  (pôr-tyâr, pr-)
n.
A heavy curtain hung across a doorway.

[French, feminine of portier, porter, from Old French, from Late Latin portrius, from Latin porta, gate; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.Portiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorwayportiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
curtain, drape, drapery, pall, mantle - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)


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He turned slowly back into the room, and limping rather more than was usual with him, he pushed aside a portiere and passed into a charmingly furnished country drawing-room.
She noticed the movement of the other portiere and asked Newman who had been entertaining him.
We were in Milverton's study, and a portiere at the farther side showed the entrance to his bedroom.
 
 
 
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