portiere

(pôr tyer′, -tē er′, -tir′)

noun

a curtain, usually heavy, hung in a doorway

Origin: Fr portière < porte, door: see port

See portiere in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or por·tiere

noun

A heavy curtain hung across a doorway.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , feminine of portier, porter

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin portārius

Origin: , from Latin porta, gate; see per-² in Indo-European roots

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