parato

Noun

 * 1) decorative drape or curtain
 * 2) fabric wall covering
 * 3)  vestment
 * 4)  wooden beam running transversely above the slipways, supporting a deck for launching a ship
 * 5)  tallow-coated beam for launching or hauling ashore a boat
 * 6)  flattened beam over which  (stone-slab-transporting sleds) slide, in marble quarries
 * 1)  flattened beam over which  (stone-slab-transporting sleds) slide, in marble quarries