rideau

rideau

ranska

  1. verho

  2. esirippu

Esimerkkejä rideau sanan käytöstä:

rideau de fer – rautaesirippu

Käännökset

englanti A fortification or barrier such as a small earthen mound or ridge, a file of troops, etc.
1759, Guillaume Le Blond, ‎Jacques Prempart, The Military Engineer:
A judgment may be formed of the weakness of the place, either by the facility found in making the approaches, or by establishing the magazines in the rear of the trenches, taking advantage of some rideau, or hollow way, whereby the right and left of the trenches are better supported. In order to judge of the facility of making the approaches, observe whether there are in the neighbourhood of the place any ditches, hollow ways, rideaus, houses, hedges, behind which the enemy may advance, and place their guards of horse and foot under cover from the fire of the place ; ...
(quote-book)
1837, William James, ‎Frederick Chamier, The Naval History of Great Britain:
At the end of a three hours' cannonade, few if any of the Danish block-ships, prames, or rideaus, had ceased firing ; ...
1841, Frederic Tolfrey, The sportsman in France:
In less than an hour we arrived at the side of a small covert overhanging a rideau (or bank) of considerable extent : ...
2007, Auguste Laugel, The United States During the War:
Leaving only a rideau of troops on the left bank of the James, Grant sent Sheridan and the greater part of the army to the Potomac ...
curtain (woven fabric to cover e.g. windows)
blind (cover for windows)
puhekieltä curtain, veil (something keeping another in secret)

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rideau rimmaa näiden kanssa:

hau, miau, mau, tau, vau

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Läheisiä sanoja

rhododendron, rial, riboflaviini, ribonukleiinihappo, rieha, riehaannuttaa

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