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

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  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
cortin,  cortinne;  courtine;  curtain,  curtein,  curtin,  curteine,  curtine;  surtine  ii 49, 
pl. curtaynes,  courten  133  

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1decor.textilecurtain, hanging (for screening or ornamental): 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  En sun lit jut e la reine, Entur els ot une curtine  3436
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Dossels, curtines e tapiz  2261
( MS: s.xiii2 )  aulea: lé cortines  ii 7
( 1312-13 )  En cortins por les garners .ij. s .viij. d.  i 152
( 1397 )  les curtins de taffata  i 227
( MS: s.xiii2 )  curtina: (C) cortine(var. (D: xiii/xiv) curtine)  ii 68
( MS: s.xiiiex )  simplis: (L) de cortines(var. (A: xiii) curtines, boncs; (O: xii/xiii) de cuverturis; (D: xiii/xiv) cuverturis)  ii 41
♦eccl.liturgicaltextilealtar-curtain: 
( 1433 )  deux frontiers, deux dossiers, […] deux paires de courtines, une voille de mesmes  B93
cortine volatileit
1textilecurtain of fine linen (?): 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  catum volatile: (D) cortine volatileyt  257.64
dedeins les cortines
1fig.secretly, privately: 
( 1377 )  il requist au Roi q’il vorroit faire venir dedeinz les curtyns Monsire A. de B.  iii 13
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