store in cashmier

English translation: Cashmere blind/curtain

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Dutch term or phrase:store in cashmier
English translation:Cashmere blind/curtain
Entered by: Kate Hudson (X)

01:29 Jan 30, 2011
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / Belgian or possibly Frenchified Dutch
Dutch term or phrase: store in cashmier
Description of an old house.

Met kalkverf, een vloer in gris d’Ardennes en een store in cashmier heeft ook de hal een stijlvolle uitstraling.

this is a Belgian text, but possibly written by a French speaker. A store in French could be blinds, but it seems odd to talk about cashmere blinds. Any ideas gratefully received.
Andre de Vries
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:54
Cashmire blind
Explanation:
store is the French word for blind
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Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 12:54
Grading comment
thanks Kate
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1a cashmere curtain
André Linsen
4cashmere drapery
Linda Gould (X)
3Cashmire blind
Kate Hudson (X)


Discussion entries: 6





  

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Cashmire blind


Explanation:
store is the French word for blind

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 12:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks Kate

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  André Linsen: The text is in Flemish, not French ;-). In Flanders we tend to use a lot of French words incorrectly in our dialects (see my discussion entry). It is cashmere, by the way, not cashmire.
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a cashmere curtain


Explanation:
or drape, or heavy curtain.


    Reference: http://books.google.be/books?id=IzM-iEcNn50C&pg=PA104&lpg=PA...
André Linsen
Local time: 12:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff
4 mins
  -> thx.
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cashmere drapery


Explanation:
Drapes are sometimes made in cashmere if their purpose is to close out the cold. As this is a description of an old house this sounds correct. Drapes are generally considered to be heavier than curtains and go from ceiling to floor.


    Reference: http://www.halfpricedrapes.com/cashmere-textured-silk-curtai...
    Reference: http://trimfabric.com/cashmere.html
Linda Gould (X)
Belgium
Local time: 12:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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