curtine
Middle English
Alternative forms
- curten, curtain, courtin, courtine, courtain, curtein, cortine, cortin, cortain
- covertin, covertine, querton, quirtain, quirtin
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cortine. First attested ca. 1330.
Noun
curtine (plural curtines)
Descendants
- English: curtain
References
- “curtī̆n(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.