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Curtain Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Curtain?
[n] hanging cloth used as a blind
[n] any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees" [v] provide with curtains, as of a room or a window Synonyms | Synonyms for Curtain: drape | drapery | mantle | pall Related Terms | Find terms related to Curtain: abatis | act | act drop | advanced work | afterpiece | apodosis | apply to | asbestos | asbestos board | awning | backdrop | balistraria | bamboo curtain | bank | banquette | barbed-wire entanglement | barbican | barricade | barrier | barrier of secrecy | bartizan | bastion | batten | battlement | beach umbrella | becloud | befog | bit | blackout | blanket | blind | block | blockade | border | bottleneck | breastwork | bulwark | camouflage | canopy | casemate | catastrophe | catch | ceasing | censorship | cessation | chaser | cheval-de-frise | circumvallation | cloak | cloth | clothe | cloud | coat | coda | conceal | conclusion | consummation | contravallation | cope | cordon | coulisse | counterscarp | counterweight | cover | cover up | coverage | covering | covert | coverture | cowl | cowling | crack of doom | culmination | curtain board | curtain call | curtain raiser | curtains | cyclorama | death | decease | decor | demibastion | denouement | destination | destiny | determent | deterrent | difficulty | dike | disguise | dissemble | distract attention from | divertimento | divertissement | doom | drape | drapery | draw the curtains | drawback | drawbridge | drop | drop curtain | earthwork | eclipse | effect | enclosure | end | end point | ending | ensconce | enshroud | entanglement | envelop | envoi | epilogue | escarp | escarpment | eschatology | exode | exodus | expiration | expository scene | fate | fence | fieldwork | film | final solution | final twitch | final words | finale | finality | finis | finish | fire curtain | flat | flipper | fortalice | fortification | glacis | gloss over | goal | guise | hanging | hang-up | hazard | hide | hitch | hoke act | hood | housing | hurdle | hush-up | interlude | intermezzo | intermission | introduction | iron curtain | ironbound security | izzard | joker | keep under cover | last | last breath | last gasp | last things | last trumpet | last words | latter end | lay on | lay over | light shield | loophole | lunette | machicolation | mantelet | mantle | mask | merlon | mound | muffle | number | oath of secrecy | obduce | obfuscate | objection | obscure | obstacle | obstruction | obstructive | occult | official secrecy | omega | one small difficulty | outwork | overlay | overshadow | overspread | palisade | pall | parados | parapet | parasol | payoff | period | peroration | portcullis | postern gate | prologue | put on | quietus | rag | rampart | ravelin | redan | redoubt | repression | resolution | resting place | routine | rub | sally port | scarp | scene | scenery | sconce | screen | scum | seal of secrecy | security | shade | shader | shadow | shelter | shield | shroud | shtick | shutter | side scene | sketch | skit | slur over | smothering | snag | song and dance | spread over | stage screw | stand-up comedy act | stifling | stockade | stoppage | stopping place | striptease | stumbling block | stumbling stone | sunblind | sunshade | superimpose | superpose | suppression | swan song | tab | tableau | teaser | tenaille | term | terminal | termination | terminus | tormentor | transformation | transformation scene | turn | umbrella | vallation | vallum | varnish | veil | veil of secrecy | vestment | whitewash | windup | wing | wingcut | woodcut | work | wraps | Z See Also | barrier | blind | drop | drop cloth | drop curtain | festoon | furnish | furnishings | portiere | provide | render | screen | shower curtain | supply | theater curtain | theatre curtain Curtain In Webster's Dictionary \Cur"tain\ (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.]
1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
{Ravelin} and {Bastion}.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Behind the curtain}, in concealment; in secret.
{Curtain lecture}, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
{The curtain falls}, the performance closes.
{The curtain rises}, the performance begins.
{To draw the curtain}, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
{To drop the curtain}, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
\Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curtained} (-t?nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curtaining}.] To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains. So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red. --Milton. |
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