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单词 window veiling
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window veiling
window veiling n. Obsolete (a) the practice of fixing curtains made of a thin, diaphanous material across one's windows in order to ensure privacy (rare); (b) U.S. (in plural) window curtains made of such a material, e.g. net curtains.
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1826 M. R. Mitford in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 482/2 She seemed to consider this window-veiling as a point of propriety.
1892 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 20 Nov. 19/7 Original designs..follow with outline strength the mezzo-tints of airy backgrounds for window veilings.
1923 Mansfield (Ohio) News 31 Oct. 4/5 (advt.) Come in and see the newest ideas in window veilings. We call your attention especially to such representative nets as filet grandee, Tuscan net [etc.].
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