close-curtained

Nicole asked, sitting on the edge of her armchair, unable to prevent her eyes straying occasionally towards the close-curtained windows, out of which Parlabane had expressly forbidden her to peek.

Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997

Lime stood in the centre of the room with his back to the close-curtained window, indicating to his captives to take position a few feet apart, two yards in front of him.

Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996

One of them was close-curtained, but through a gap McGregor could spy the crisp, cloudless blue sky and the lightly snow-dusted grass in the Square below.

Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996

Elaine, lying helpless in her close-curtained room at the nursing home in Wiesbaden, would be fouled with the imaginings of the prurient.

Swirling Waters Max Rittenberg

It is not the lighted houses, or the close-curtained windows behind which Christmas trees are fruiting; nor yet, in Friendship, will it be the post-office store or the home bakery windows, gay with Christmas trappings.

Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

He felt along its face, glazed by water films, close-curtained by shrubs and ferns, found an opening and crawled in.

Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Geraldine Bonner 1900

A night - light made large shadows among the heavy mahogany and the crimson, tasselled rep in the close-curtained room.

The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett 1899

She was in a close-curtained litter, herself veiled to the eyes.

The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892

A kettle was beside her with a long spout, which sent the steam far into the room, keeping the air of it moist and warm for the poor bronchitic old man who lay close-curtained from the draughts on the wooden bed in the corner.

The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

Then she passed out of the moonlight into her own room, whose close-curtained space the lamp filled with its ruddy glow, and revealed her again, no malicious sprite, but a very puzzled, conscientious, anxious young girl.

A Chance Acquaintance William Dean Howells 1878