bed-curtain

I only heard this to-day from S., and it vexes me much: a curtain of any kind will do, even a bed-curtain, or merely a kind of gauze screen, which could be instantly removed.

Archive 2007-05-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

I only heard this to-day from S., and it vexes me much: a curtain of any kind will do, even a bed-curtain, or merely a kind of gauze screen, which could be instantly removed.

Beethoven needs curtains Matthew Guerrieri 2007

She strove again to envelop herself with the bed-curtain from all view.

Camilla 2008

Pike — I hope my sister-inlaw is well — furl up the bed-curtain. —

Old Mortality 2004

Lisbeth had even mended a long-neglected and unnoticeable rent in the checkered bit of bed-curtain; for the moments were few and precious now in which she would be able to do the smallest office of respect or love for the still corpse, to which in all her thoughts she attributed some consciousness.

Adam Bede 2004

He had thrown up the bed-curtain and stretched himself on the bed, where he lay with his hands clasped under his neck.

Australia Felix 2003

He threw back the bed-curtain with such violence that one tie tore free.

The Last Great Dance on Earth Sandra Gulland 2001

He threw back the bed-curtain with such violence that one tie tore free.

The Last Great Dance on Earth Sandra Gulland 2001

Tuero clasped the bedpost, murmuring an apology as the bed-curtain tore a bit from its frame.

Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986

Others carried a couple of red wooden boxes filled with the clothes and personal belongings of the bride, also a wadded bed-quilt, a bed-curtain, and two embroidered pillows, etc. The whole procession made an imposing show, and the relatives of

Everlasting Pearl One of China's Women Anna Magdalena Johannsen