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brise-bise
[ breez-beez ]
noun
- a short curtain, often of lace, hung on the lower section of a window.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of brise-bise1
1910–15; < French: literally, (it) breaks (the) wind ( brise 3rd-person singular present of briser to break; bise north wind)
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Behind the silken curtains and brise-bise of Number 14, the “Pampered Pet†had her residence.
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The Pet’s bedroom was on the third storey of the house, and as its windows faced the gardens of the Square, she had a fancy for leaving them undraped, except for the narrow brise-bise over the lower panes.
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To-day new silk brise-bise appeared on the second floor, and a glimpse of a branching palm.
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