Portiere (Noun)
Meaning
A heavy curtain hung across a doorway.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- A majestic portiere was suspended across the doorway of the great hall.
- A silk portiere swung aside, admitting guests into the spacious entrance foyer.
- Soft evening light was screened from view by the substantial velvet portiere at the apartment doorway.
- By unclipping a fold, Dasha pinned a panel back with clips along a rusty ornamenting slide into iron latch back pieces attaching flabials fixing inside: slowly displacing sterner patterns off translucent crimson flow also drew - letting secolute curtains to completely draw the portiere fully across through outer room.
- When she opened the door, a crimson portiere swept silently aside, its tassels swinging heavily in gentle oscillation.