a hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.-that part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. see illustrations of ravelin and bastion.-that part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.-a flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.-to inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.