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brisebise

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brise-bise

[breez-beez]
–noun
a short curtain, often of lace, hung on the lower section of a window.

Origin:
1910–15; < F: lit., (it) breaks (the) wind (brise 3d sing. pres. of briser to break; bise north wind)
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