encurtain

English

Etymology

From en- +‎ curtain.

Verb

encurtain (third-person singular simple present encurtains, present participle encurtaining, simple past and past participle encurtained)

1. (transitive) To enclose with, or as if with, curtains.

   Synonym: incurtain

References

• “encurtain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• N Centauri, centaurin, runcinate, uncertain