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cortine (c.1136-37)
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cortine (c.1136-37)

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cortin,  cortinne;  courtine;  curtain,  curtein,  curtin,  curteine,  curtine;  (surtine  TLL ii 49 ),
pl. curtaynes  (courten  Fr Voc 133)  
  FEW:  cortina 1 2/ii,1236b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  courtine 9,228b TL: cortine 2,919 DEAF:  cortine  DMF:  courtine 1  TLF:  courtine 1  OED:  curtain n.1  MED:  curtin(e n.  DMLBS:  cortina 1 504c

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decor.textilecurtain, hanging (for screening or ornamental): 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  En sun lit jut e la reine, Entur els ot une curtine  GAIMAR1 3436
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Dossels, curtines e tapiz  S Gile1 2261
( MS: s.xiii2 )  aulea: lé cortines  TLL ii 7
( 1312-13 )  En cortins por les garners .ij. s .viij. d.  Sandahl Sea i 152
( 1397 )  les curtins de taffata  Test Ebor i 227
( MS: s.xiii2 )  curtina: (C) cortine (var. (D: xiii/xiv) curtine)  TLL ii 68
( MS: s.xiiiex )  simplis: (L) de cortines (var. (A: xiii) curtines, boncs; (O: xii/xiii) de cuverturis; (D: xiii/xiv) cuverturis)  TLL ii 41
♦eccl.liturgicaltextilealtar-curtain: 
( 1433 )  deux frontiers, deux dossiers, […] deux paires de courtines, une voille de mesmes  Bedford Inventories B93
cortine volatileit
textilecurtain of fine linen (?): 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  catum volatile: (D) cortine volatileyt  Gloss Nequam1 257.64
dedeins les cortines
fig.secretly, privately: 
( 1377 )  il requist au Roi q’il vorroit faire venir dedeinz les curtyns Monsire A. de B.  Rot Parl1 iii 13
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