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portiere definition

por·tiere or portière por·tière′ (pôr tyer′, -tē er′, -tir′)

noun

a curtain, usually heavy, hung in a doorway

Etymology: Fr portière < porte, door: see port

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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