Meanings
nounhand screen (plural hand screens)
plural hand screens · alternative hand-screen
- historicalA small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.
She took me to her Boudoir, seated me on the soffa, fetched me a hand screen, and entered into a most spirited conversation, with all her old facility, and pleasantry, and singularity.
1816, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 505
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