curtain vs windrow

curtain

noun
  • The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall. 

  • Death. 

  • That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc. 

  • A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. 

  • A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater. 

  • The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises. 

verb
  • To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain. 

  • To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains. 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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