rideau.
curtain (woven fabric to cover, e.g., windows)
Meaning & usage
curtain (woven fabric to cover, e.g., windows)
blind (cover for windows)
curtain, veil (something keeping another in secret)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French rideau, from Old French ridel (“a curtain", originally, "a plaited stuff”), perhaps from Old High German ridil (“a headband; ribbon”), from Proto-Germanic *wriþilaz, from *wrīþaną (“to twist; wind; wrap”). Alternatively, Old French ridel may derive from rider (“to wrinkle”), from Old High German rīdan (“to wrap; twist; wind; wrinkle”), from the same Proto-Germanic verb above. Cognate with Piedmontese ridò.
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