A semi-transparent curtain made of a fine fabric with a very open weave, typically fixed across a window for privacy.
I was always peering through the net curtains
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People living in the cul-de-sac watched either from their doorsteps or from behind net curtains.
His net curtains remain permanently drawn.
One man was out washing his car but the remaining residents lurked inside behind twitching net curtains.
At the end of the room, a net curtain covers a screen.
This great rock came through the double-glazed bedroom window unit, ripped the net curtains, and landed on my bed.
There were net curtains up when she took on the tenancy of the pub last year.
Only the huge white net curtains spoil the illusion of chic.
Peeping from behind their elegant net curtains, they have observed a succession of well-clad workmen installing a number of sophisticated security devices at a flat on the street.
As I walked down the street, the net curtains were twitching, and the neighbors were going, "Ooh, what's she got on today?"