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Meanings of portière in English
Usage of portière in English
1
Renouard let the thin summer portière of the doorway fall behind him.
2
He heard a slight noise by the portière, and raised his eyes.
3
A heavy velvet portière-whichI, being in darkness, had not discovered-slippedback.
4
He pulled aside the portière of the salon and looked in.
5
It was much nearer the portière leading to the inner hall.
6
But the mystery of the heavy velvet portière invincibly attracted him.
7
A cord from the portière curtain draping the bathroom entrance completed his lashings.
8
To his right another heavy portière divided the inner from the outer hall.
9
Through a half-drawn portière they descried the doctor writing in the nearby room.
10
She arose, and crossing the room disappeared through the tapestry portière.
11
Floyd hurries within, and goes straight through to the library, lifting the portière.
12
Raising the portière of blue and gold, he invited Gian Maria to enter.
13
Maggie replied, as she passed through the portière which Nigel was holding up.
14
He could see her through a half-drawn portière in one of the trying-on rooms.
15
In a doorway a portière of apples may be hung.
16
The drawing-room portière trembled, and something crashed within the apartment.
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Portière through the time
Portière across language varieties
United Kingdom
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