Sentence:  It is not uncommon at meal-time to see the table servants chasing the sparrows about the room, endeavouring to drive them out while some one holds up the "<WSD>chick</WSD>" or bamboo net which covers the doorway. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.