free-standing screen; partition screen
Refers to a traditional Japanese free-standing screen used as a room divider or windbreak, often associated with Heian-era court life. Not a modern folding screen (byōbu).
The court ladies talked, hidden behind the screen.
methodical; meticulous; scrupulous; punctual · carved wooden post with rounded corners and side grooves
The word is composed of 几 (armrest, stand) and 帳 (curtain, screen). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it refers to a curtained standing frame used in aristocratic settings.