单词 | curtain |
释义 | curtainn.1 1. a. A piece of cloth or similar material suspended by the top so as to admit of being withdrawn sideways, and serving as a screen or hanging for purposes of use or ornament; e.g. to enclose a bed (the earliest English use), to separate one part of a room from another, to regulate the admission of light at a window, to prevent draught at a door or other opening, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain curtainc1320 riddelc1380 saya1382 serge1382 veilinga1398 traverse1400 veil1567 purdah1621 scene1638 drapes1908 a1186 Robert of Torigni Chron. (Rolls) 292 Cortinæ illæ circa lectum conjugis suæ.] c1320 Sir Beues 3217 A couertine on raile tre, For noman scholde on his bed ise. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11240 Was þar na pride o couerled, chamber curtin [Gött. curtain, Trin. Cambr. Curteyn; c1460 Laud Curtens] ne tapit. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 854 Þer beddyng watȝ noble Of cortynes of clene sylk wyth cler golde hemmeȝ. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) i. iv. 4 By ouer drawynge of a grete corteyne. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Curtayne aboute a hall. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 267 Ane burely bed..Closit with Courtingis, and cumlie cled. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 633 The Veyle or Curteine of the Temple did rend asunder. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone v. ii. sig. L3 Ile get vp, Behind the curtine, on a stoole, and hearken. View more context for this quotation 1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 167 A great Cortin, that hanged before our Ladies Image. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4033/4 Lost..3 Damask Window-Curtains. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 313. ¶16 There is a Curtain which used to be drawn across the Room. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 78 Under the necessity of using mosquito curtains. b. to draw the curtain: (a) to draw it back or aside, so as to discover what is behind; (b) to draw it forward in front of an object, so as to cover or conceal it. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xiiii I drawe the curtyns to shewe my bokes then. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 72 Such a man, so faint, so spirritlesse..Drew Priams curtaine in the dead of night. View more context for this quotation 1657 Lusts Dominion i. i. sig. B1v (stage direct.) Eleazar sitting on a chair suddenly draws the curtain. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 19. ⁋3 I started up and drew my Curtains to look if any one was near me. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 4 I shall..try to ‘draw the curtain of Time, and shew the picture of Genius’. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > material of tents curtain1382 tenting1887 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxvi. 1 The tabernacle forsothe thow shalt make thus; ten curteyns [L. decem cortinas]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. vii. 2 The Arke of God dwelleth amonge the curtaynes [L. in medio pellium]. 1611 Bible (King James) Hab. iii. 7 The curtaines of the land of Midian did tremble. View more context for this quotation d. Applied variously to hanging pieces of cloth or fabric: as, a veil, an overhanging shade of a bonnet, an ensign. curtain of mail: the piece of chain-mail hanging from the edge of a helmet of the Saracen type; the camail. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > hood or brim to protect face bongrace1530 shadow1578 curtain1788 shade1818 ugly1850 poke1859 sunshade1868 sun visor1920 visor1939 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vi. f. 13 Your predecessors..wolde not be sene of the people but seldome, and oftentimes with a courtayne before theyr visage. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 41 Their ragged Curtaines poorely are let loose, And our Ayre shakes them passing scornefully. View more context for this quotation 1788 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) vi. 138 Bonnets I see most generally worn and some with very deep Curtains, The Bonnet itself is small. 1861 C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret ii. 31 Her lilac-spotted sun-bonnet..with a huge curtain serving for a tippet. 1889 Cent. Mag. Dec. 260/2 When our grandmothers had curtains to their bonnets. e. plural. A wrinkled effect resembling a draped curtain on a painted or varnished surface. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > condition or preservation of paintings > [noun] > cracking or wrinkling > cracks or wrinkles craquelure1914 curtains1922 1922 M. Toch How to paint Permanent Pictures 79 A very heavy-bodied Linseed Oil,..was so viscous that it flowed down..and formed ‘curtains’, and teardrops. 1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) iii. 136 Streamlines. The surface defect resembling drops of water running down a window pane is variously known by painters and paint technicians as frilling, curtains, runs, or tears. 1958 Listener 28 Aug. 323/1 Just flow them [sc. jelly paints] on a little more generously... You are not likely to have any trouble with runs or ‘curtains’. 2. a. In a theatre, etc.: The screen separating the stage from the auditorium, which is drawn up at the beginning and dropped at the end of the play or of a separate act. to call (an actor) before the curtain: to summon him to appear after the curtain falls to mark one's appreciation of his performance. Also in various phrases used figuratively, to drop or raise the curtain, to end or begin an action; the curtain falls, drops, or rises, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > curtain curtain1598 drop1781 iron curtain1794 green curtain1805 greeny1821 tableau curtain1830 drop-curtain1832 rag1848 hipping1858 cloth1881 safety curtain1881 asbestos curtain1890 olio1923 tab1929 sail curtain1941 iron1951 swag1959 1598 [see Compounds 1a]. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 73 Euerie one commeth there to act his part of this Tragicomedie called Life, which done, the Courtaine is drawne, and hee remouing is said to dye. 1677 [see sense 2b]. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 193. ⁋3 I have..been bred up behind the Curtain, and been a Prompter from the Time of the Restoration. 1752 E. Young Brothers v. i No; death lets fall The curtain, and divides our loves for ever. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iv. 56 Cro. Perhaps, this very moment the tragedy is beginning. Mrs. Cro. Then let us reserve our distress till the rising of the curtain. 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 216 The hands of all Applaud in thunder at the curtain's fall. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 5/1 Macready..as Richard III, was the first actor to be summoned before the curtain at Covent Garden. b. behind the curtain: ‘behind the scenes’, away from the public view. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adverb] > out of public view out of the way1554 behind the curtain1677 in pectore1679 in petto1712 behind the scenes1841 in (or into, out of) purdah1912 offstage1959 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra ii. i. 167 To put us in mind, who it is that is at work behind the Curtain, when we see such things acted upon the Stage. 1682 Modest Enq. Election Sheriffs London 26 Some behind the curtain had undoubtedly laid the project. 1763 Ld. Barrington in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 449 IV. 461 Lord Bute..declares he will not be Minister behind the Curtain, but give up business entirely. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 631 The circumstances, however, which constituted the real nature of the transaction were only behind the curtain. c. In various elliptical or allusive uses: (i) = curtain-call n. at Compounds 3; (ii) the finale of a play, act, or scene; also transferred; (iii) = curtain-fall n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction exsibilation1640 call1754 encore1763 goose1805 the big bird1825 recall1851 curtain1884 curtain-call1884 slow burn1936 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > end of play curtain1884 curtain-fall1900 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > scene > type of scene or act monologuec1550 monology1608 night scene1683 mad scene1741 drop-scene1815 recognition scene1838 carpenter's-scene1860 scène à faire1884 mob scene1890 sex scene1915 curtain1928 1884 Referee 31 Aug. 3/3 Written in Sand was well received, and Broughton had to ‘take a curtain’. 1885 Referee 15 Mar. 7/3 It is singular, considering how excellently French dramatists write, that they so frequently fail in getting a good ‘curtain’. 1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 29 June 860/2 The doggerel tags before the final curtain. 1897 E. Terry Let. 19 June in E. Terry & G. B. Shaw Corr. (1931) 219 The last week I've dragged myself through that long long part, and toppled down when it was Curtain on Thursday night. 1917 R. Firbank Caprice xii. 102 The other afternoon I ‘offered my services’ and obtained three curtains at a gala matinée. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 146 Curtain of act one on hero..kidnapping the child. 1928 Evening News 7 Aug. 7/3 There were ten curtains after the second act and an enthusiastic reception when the curtain fell. 1928 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 9/1 ‘Sapper’ gives a decidedly original curtain to his dramatic murder tale ‘The Hidden Witness’. 1965 Listener 9 Sept. 393/1 A lyrical outpouring, leading to a most effective curtain. d. In plural (also occasionally in singular), the end (cf. sense 2c (iii)). slang. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] endc1000 endingc1000 finea1300 conclusion1382 ooc1384 close1399 finance1449 terminationc1500 last?1520 winding up1560 wind-up1573 wind-up-all1573 conclusure1578 clause1581 upshot1582 desinence1598 omega1599 Godspeed1606 finis1682 finale1786 finish1790 tie-up1829 Z1877 curtains1912 taps1917 1912 D. Lowrie My Life in Prison vii. 82 There ain't much dope here now, an' it's curtains t' get nailed with it. 1918 P. G. Wodehouse Piccadilly Jim xi. 114 ‘What's wrong?’ ‘Curtains!.. I've been fired.’ 1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point ii. i. 135 I rather fancy potassium cyanide. You just chew a piece, and quick curtain. 1940 N. Monks Squadrons Up! 213 Once he gets the enemy lined up in that ring, it is curtains for the enemy. 1956 A. J. Wallis & C. F. Blair Thunder Above (1959) xii. 131 If the Party ever got on to it..it would be curtains for Kurt. e. curtain up: the beginning of a performance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > beginning of play curtain rise1905 curtain up1942 1942 E. S. L. Robinson Curtain Up 9 The call-boy makes his rounds rapping like Fate at each dressing-room door... ‘Curtain up.’ 1968 Guardian 19 Feb. 6/1 Curtain-up is a month away. 1969 ‘S. Troy’ Swift to its Close vi. 90 What are you going to do till curtain-up? 3. a. transferred and figurative. Anything that covers or hides. ΚΠ 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v Under curtyn and veyle of honeste Is closed chaunge and mutabilitye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 411 The fringed Curtaines of thine eye aduance, And say what thou see'st yond. View more context for this quotation 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 141 The moon appeared..enveloped with a cloudy curtain. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 221 The circular curtain called the iris. 1858 H. W. Longfellow Jewish Cemetery in Birds of Passage ii The trees..o'er their sleep wave their broad curtains. b. Military. (In full curtain of fire, curtain fire.) A concentration of rapid and continuous artillery or machine-gun fire, etc., on a designated line or area, to prevent the advance or retreat of enemy troops, or to clear the way for the combatant's advance. Also, a concentration of fire to block the progress of aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing point and blank1590 false fire1602 potting1613 point-blank1614 running fire1629 pounding1633 bulleting1635 platooning1706 sharp-shot1725 street firing1727 ricochet1740 fire curtain1744 plunging fire1747 reverse fire1758 sniping1773 enfilade1796 rapid fire1800 line-firing1802 concentric1804 sharpshooting1806 rake1810 sniping fire1821 cross-firing1837 file-firing1837 curved fire1854 night firing1856 file-fire1857 volley-firing1859 cross-fire1860 joy-firing1864 snap-shooting1872 stringing1873 pot-shooting1874 indirect fire1879 sweeping1907 rapid1913 curtain of fire1916 ripple1939 ripple-firing1940 ripple fire1961 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 114 Shells began to batter at their parapet, and to prepare a curtain of fire along their front. 1920 D. A. Macalister Field Gunnery (ed. 4) vii. 157 During an attack..the batteries, acting in concert, establish the ‘curtain of fire’ or ‘barrage’. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 98/2 The idea also was evolved of barrage fire, a curtain of bursting shell to be put up in the path of the raiders. 1943 T. Horsley Find, Fix & Strike 92 We..began our glide through the curtain of lead towards the inner harbour. c. Short for iron curtain n.; also with capital initial. Also used in similar metaphors, esp. implying restriction of information. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to spiritual or social union or intercourse walla1240 curtain1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [noun] > that which conceals bushel1557 curtain1945 1945 Sunday Empire News 21 Oct. 2/2 (heading) A curtain across Europe. 1946 Spectator 13 Sept. 257/2 The Russians..would admit their ‘iron curtain’, but pointed out that there was also the Anglo-U.S. ‘uranium curtain’. 1949 Time 14 Mar. 55 The Communist bosses of Peiping dropped a bamboo curtain, cutting off Peiping from the world. 1950 M. Peterson (title) Both sides of the Curtain. 1953 School & Society LXXVIII. 129 (title) The language curtain. 1955 Times 21 July 6/4 The reaction at G.H.Q. East Africa has been to tighten even further its own security curtain. 1970 ‘W. Haggard’ Hardliners iv. 37 A foreigner from behind the Curtain. 4. a. Fortification. The plain wall of a fortified place; the part of the wall which connects two bastions, towers, gates, or similar structures. complement of the curtain: see complement n. 5f. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > wall of fortified town wallc825 town wallc1325 dikec1400 murayc1400 face1489 curtain?a1560 antemural1614 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxv. sig. Giv v Laders that shall reache from the brym of the ditch or edge of the counterscarfe, to the top of the wal or curtein. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander i. iv. 9 The towne was well manned..and the curten of suche heigth and thicknes that the besieged with great ease became victors. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iii. 113 They..pass'd within forty paces of the Courtine which play'd upon them all the while. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xii. 74 The curtin, Sir, is the word we use in fortification, for that part of the wall..which lies between the two bastions. 1871 Daily News 7 Feb. There is a small breach in the curtain of the southern front. b. Architecture. A plain enclosing wall not supporting a roof. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier > enclosing wall walla1400 immurea1616 curtain1633 ring wall1828 curtain wall1859 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > wall around something walla1400 curtain1633 ring wall1828 curtain wall1859 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 61 About the same [the temple] is a girt of three Curtaines of Wals raysed in the Ayre, to the height [etc.]. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 76 A large semicircular curtain..built roughly and unsymmetrically with rubble and coarse blocks. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 59 The wall, in fact (where the system [of attaching buttresses] was carried to its extreme limits), became a mere curtain. 5. Natural History. a. In mushrooms or fungi: the velum partiale, a marginal veil hanging from the pileus as a shreddy membrane. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > parts of > cells and tissue chive1721 spawn1731 mushroom spawn1753 volva1753 ring1777 veil1777 curtain1796 wrapper1796 fungin1813 subiculum1821 cortina1832 velum1832 mycelium1836 uterus1836 gleba1847 hypostroma1855 sulcus1856 rhizopod1859 tigellule1860 trichophore1860 hypha1866 hypothecium1866 rhizopodium1866 annulus1871 capillitium1871 acervulus1872 weft1875 capsule1883 clamp-connection1887 periphysis1887 chain gemma1893 trumpet hypha1900 metula1915 monokaryon1935 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 155 When very young some woolly fibres connect the pileus to the stem in place of a curtain. 1846 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 175 Profusely covered over its pileus, curtain, and stem, with a yellowish powder. b. In bivalve molluscs: the inner pendent margin of the mantle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves > parts of beard1649 hinge1704 cardo1725 palpus1803 disc1810 ligament1816 palp1835 tooth1847 hinge-tooth1851 beak1854 curtain1854 talon1854 resilium1895 hinge-ligament1909 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 260 Animal (of meleagrina) with mantle-lobes united at one point by the gills, their margins fringed and furnished with a pendent curtain; curtains fringed in the branchial region. 6. technical. a. A partition in the leaden chamber in which sulphurous acid is converted into sulphuric acid. b. The piece of leather which overlaps the parting of a portmanteau, trunk, etc. c. In some locks, a circular plate revolving round the keyhole, which closes it up when any instrument is introduced in an attempt to pick the lock. ΚΠ 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 958 These leaden chambers are sometimes divided into 3 or 4 compartments by leaden curtains placed in them..These curtains serve to detain the vapours, and cause them to advance in a gradual manner through the chamber. d. A contrivance consisting of wooden slats which can be rolled up: spec. one of a number of these used to form a dam or weir. Also attributive, as curtain-dam, curtain-valve, curtain-weir. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > screen > [noun] > other types of speer1379 traverse1400 transom-lattice1689 blind1730 window blind1730 spire1768 Venetian window-blind1769 window shade1789 tatty1792 tat1810 Japanese screen1872 fusuma1880 curtain1895 mosquito door1929 tuku-tuku1936 fly-wire door1952 table screen1971 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > movable slats curtain1895 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 608/3 Low Curtain Office Desk... Has lap joint, dust and knife proof curtain. 1903 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers viii. 244 Curtain Dams... The Caméré curtain..consists of narrow horizontal strips of wood, hinged together, and capable of being rolled up by a chain. 1903 B. F. Thomas & D. A. Watt Improvem. Rivers viii. 253 The space between the two rows [of shutters] was then filled with water by opening curtain-valves. 1927 E. Weymann Dams 586 The curtains are suspended from hooks on the face of the frames. 1929 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 489/1 The curtain weir... In it wooden curtains that can be rolled up from the bottom were substituted for the needles in the Poirée weir. Compounds C1. attributive. a. Pertaining to a curtain or curtains. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H4 What ere he sayes Is warranted by Curtaine plaudeties. 1881 Daily News 23 Aug. 3/6 In the curtain department an increased business is being done..many curtain machines are still well employed. 1885 Cent. Mag. 29 553/2 A long curtain-calico gown. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adjective] sundereOE privyc1300 close1393 private1472 soleinc1475 secret1528 retired1595 implicit1610 cabinet1611 underhanda1616 closet1639 umbratile1640 closeteda1649 curtain1661 recluse1673 snug1710 pocket1804 entre nous1806 underground1820 sub rosa1824 esoterical1850 esoteric1876 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 69 We thunder fear, A toy to th' Curtain-whisper in the Ear. 1673 J. Janeway Heaven upon Earth (1847) 135 He knew..our most secret workings, our closet curtain-business. C2. a. curtain-cord n. ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxvi Take a small curten corde and bynde it harde about the beestes necke. 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xvii She drew the curtain-cord to let in the first sunbeam. 1939 T. S. Eliot Old Possum's Bk. Pract. Cats 14 The curtain-cord she likes to wind. curtain-lifter n. b. curtain-like adj. C3. Also curtain-lecture n., curtain-sermon n. curtain-angle n. the angle formed at a bastion, etc., where the curtain begins. curtain-call n. a call by an audience for an actor or actors to take a bow after the fall of the curtain (see 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > audience reaction exsibilation1640 call1754 encore1763 goose1805 the big bird1825 recall1851 curtain1884 curtain-call1884 slow burn1936 1884 ‘F. Leslie’ Let. 15 July in W. T. Vincent Recoll. F.L. (1893) I. x. 176 You will find a room specially adapted for rehearsing curtain calls. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xxi. 377 Uncle Sam has nine curtain-calls holding Miss Panama by the hand. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Apr. 1/3 Thirty ‘curtain calls’ rewarding play and players. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xii. 144 He felt a wave of stage-fright such as he had only once experienced before in his life—on the occasion when he had been young enough to take a curtain-call on a first-night. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > coach > other types of coach hanging-waggon1585 glass-coach1667 carriage of respecta1680 shalloon1688 leading coach1704 curtain-coach1706 day coach1784 muddy1800 perch-coach1815 drag1820 1706 London Gaz. No. 4224/3 Three Hackney Glass Coaches..and a very good Curtain Coach to carry 6 People. curtain-fall n. the fall of the curtain at the end of an act or scene; the situation or tableau when the curtain falls; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > end of play curtain1884 curtain-fall1900 1900 T. E. Pemberton Kendals ix. 276 He must be forgiven and at curtain-fall live happily ever after. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 4/2 The sad curtain-fall of universal commonplace. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 3/1 Pride..forbids him to propose until close on the final curtain-fall. 1909 Daily Chron. 26 Jan. 5/6 ‘A Merry Christmas!’ he shouts light-heartedly at curtain-fall. 1962 Times 27 Nov. 14/7 Within the confines of curtain-rise and curtain-fall. curtain hook n. any of a number of hooks that may be attached to a curtain in order to hook it on to curtain rings or to a curtain rail. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > curtain fittings ringa1382 curtain-ring1483 curtain hookc1505 curtain-rodc1505 window pole1822 curtain-pole1865 curtain rail1924 glider1957 track1971 c1505Curtain hook [see curtain-rod n.]. 1898 D. C. Peel New Home xiv. 237 Curtain-hooks..should be button-holed on with waxed thread. 1982 H. O'Leary Curtains & Blinds i. 16 Curtain hooks are attached to the curtain heading and then inserted through runners or gliders on the curtain track. curtain line n. the last line of a play, act, or scene; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > words spoken by actors > types of cue1553 anteloquy1623 aside1728 catchword1755 side soliloquy1842 gag1847 gravy1864 fluff1891 laugh line1913 rhubarb1919 curtain line1939 walla1949 1939 D. L. Sayers In Teeth of Evidence 200 ‘I will rest on my laurels’—that was a beautiful curtain line you gave him there. 1959 Listener 31 Dec. 1171/2 Conversations [in a novel] end with brave, ringing curtain lines. curtain-paper n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Curtain-paper, a peculiar kind of paper-hangings made in the Western States of America..used as substitutes for roller blinds by a large class of people. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Curtain-paper, a heavy paper, printed and otherwise ornamented, for window-shades. curtain-pole n. = curtain-rod n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > curtain fittings ringa1382 curtain-ring1483 curtain hookc1505 curtain-rodc1505 window pole1822 curtain-pole1865 curtain rail1924 glider1957 track1971 1865 ‘G. Eliot’ in Fortn. Rev. May 45 Unctuous personages..who soar above the curtain-poles without any broomstick. 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 880/1 Heavy brass curtain pole rings. curtain rail n. = curtain-rod n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > curtain fittings ringa1382 curtain-ring1483 curtain hookc1505 curtain-rodc1505 window pole1822 curtain-pole1865 curtain rail1924 glider1957 track1971 1924 Cabinet Maker 5 July Suppl. p. xlv. (advt.) The [Arthur Clay] ball bearing curtain rail. 1982 H. O'Leary Curtains & Blinds i. 15 (heading) Curtain tracks and rails. curtain-raiser n. originally slang a short opening piece performed before the principal play of the evening (cf. lever de rideau n.); also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [noun] > a theatrical production > curtain-raiser fore-piece1814 lever de rideau1860 curtain-raiser1886 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > performance before or after play afterpiece1770 curtain-raiser1886 curtain jerker1892 1886 Birmingham Weekly Mercury 23 Oct. 5 The slight opening pieces, or ‘curtain raisers’ as they are profanely styled..are often hurried through amid much confusion. 1892 Leeds Mercury 1 Apr. 5/3 A new piece..put on as a curtain-raiser for ‘Lady Windermere's Fan’. 1940 War Illustr. 26 Jan. 24 What has happened to date is the curtain-raiser to that aerial blitzkrieg which is still part of the stock-in-trade of the Nazi boasters. 1955 Times 27 July 2/6 There was a curtain raiser earlier this month when the case was put that the proposed scheme was ultra vires. 1969 Australian 24 May 36/6 The three Australian selectors..will watch Sydney Seconds..in the curtain-raiser before focusing on the main game. curtain-ring n. one of the rings by which a curtain is hung on the curtain rod, and which slide on the rod when the curtain is drawn. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > curtain fittings ringa1382 curtain-ring1483 curtain hookc1505 curtain-rodc1505 window pole1822 curtain-pole1865 curtain rail1924 glider1957 track1971 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 12 §2 No Merchant Stranger..shall bring into this Realm..Hanging Lavers, Curtain-rings, Cards for Wooll. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 123 I'll rattle his Curtain-Rings every Night. curtain rise n. the rise of the curtain at the beginning of an act or scene. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > beginning of play curtain rise1905 curtain up1942 1905 Daily Chron. 11 Feb. 6/2 Miss Tree sings, at curtain-rise, to very charming purpose. 1962Curtain-rise [see curtain-fall n.]. curtain-rod n. the horizontal rod from which a curtain is suspended. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > curtain fittings ringa1382 curtain-ring1483 curtain hookc1505 curtain-rodc1505 window pole1822 curtain-pole1865 curtain rail1924 glider1957 track1971 c1505 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Dunstan's, Canterb. For curten roddis and hookys. 1792 J. Wolcot Ode to Margate Hoy in Wks. (1812) III. 65 With fingers..loaded much like Curtain-rods with Rings. curtain wall n. (a) see sense 4b (b) see quot. 1901. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > other specific types of wall firewall?1666 truss-partition1823 bearing wall1833 sleeper wall1845 curtain wall1859 fender wall1894 cavity wall1910 apron wall1934 storage wall1945 spine wall1949 curtain walling1958 sleeper walling1971 Trombe1978 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier > enclosing wall walla1400 immurea1616 curtain1633 ring wall1828 curtain wall1859 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > wall around something walla1400 curtain1633 ring wall1828 curtain wall1859 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > wall > other types of wall sidewall1381 brick wall1465 outwall1535 parpen1591 parapet1598 inwall?1611 breastwork1673 parapet wall1682 dwarf1718 screen1761 screen wall1770 hollow wall1823 alure1853 curtain wall1859 core-wall1899 blank wall1904 1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. IV. vii. 226 A curtain wall connecting it. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 250 As buttresses increased in projection, greater and greater openings in the curtain wall were ventured on. 1901 R. Sturgis Dict. Archit. I. 731 Curtain wall. In modern construction, most often a thin subordinate wall between two piers or other supporting members; the curtain being primarily a filling and having no share—or but little—in the support of other portions of the structure. Thus, in skeleton construction, curtain walls are built between each two encased columns and..on a girder at each floor level. 1930 Engineering 1 Aug. 131/3 The curtain wall [of the Welland Ship Canal] is 3 ft. 6 in. thick and set back 10 ft. 6 in. from the upstream face. 1950 Archit. Rev. 107 221 On the ground (banking floor) these curtain walls are of glass blocks to give the maximum light without permitting passers-by to see inside. 1952 Archit. Rev. 112 392 ‘Curtain wall’ is a recent American term for a form of rigid skin walling. It is basically an extension of sheet cladding to cover wider spans... In a more developed form it includes the growing practice, particularly on slab blocks, of covering a complete elevation with subsidiary framing holding both cladding and windows. curtain-walled adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific construction > [adjective] wandedc1593 brick-built1596 rock-built1596 mud-walled1607 sedgy1624 sodden1639 nogged1688 frame1760 logged1784 stucco1786 weatherboarded1794 piled1795 thick-walled1820 clapboarded1835 board-built1837 pebble-dashed1839 puncheoned1843 timber-framed1843 betimbered1847 pile-built1851 massy1855 bamboo-walled1858 portable1860 half-timber1874 stone-faced1874 Red River frame1879 ashlared1881 granolithic1881 brick-end1883 converted1888 steel frame1898 board-and-bat1902 traviated1902 steel-framed1906 prefabricated1921 prefab1937 multiwall1940 pre-engineered1955 curtain-walled1959 pre-fabbed1959 timber-frame1967 system-built1968 flat-pack1982 1959 Listener 3 Dec. 976/2 Curtain-walled office-blocks. curtain walling n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > other specific types of wall firewall?1666 truss-partition1823 bearing wall1833 sleeper wall1845 curtain wall1859 fender wall1894 cavity wall1910 apron wall1934 storage wall1945 spine wall1949 curtain walling1958 sleeper walling1971 Trombe1978 1958 Archit. Rev. Jan. 7 The increasing use of curtain walling and similar systems. 1963 Listener 28 Feb. 371/1 Curtain walling has made it possible to turn the whole facade into a huge shiny texture. 1963 Listener 28 Feb. 371/2 Curtain walling is being used to create simple geometric form at the expense of the spaces behind. Draft additions June 2014 curtain-sided adj. (of a vehicle) having curtains or curtain-like material at the sides; spec. (of a lorry or trailer) having sides made from a strengthened and flexible material that can be drawn and opened like a pair of curtains.In quot. 1914 referring to a railway Pullman car. ΚΠ 1914 Everybody's Mag. Apr. 486/2 Friendliness and brotherly love are beautiful things; but it seems extravagant to undress and dress again in a narrow, curtain-sided box merely for the sake of the satisfaction of being able to hear your neighbor snore. 1961 M. Sandoz Love Song to Plains (1966) v. 99 That year Smith, Jackson and Sublette started out with..two Dearborns—curtain-sided carriages drawn by one mule apiece. 1970 Financial Times 6 Jan. 9/7 The Tautliner curtain sided semi-trailer is designed to give almost the same protection in transit as a box van. 2011 Daily Tel. 11 Mar. 2/1 The curtain-sided lorry toppled over a bridge. curtain sider n. a curtain-sided lorry or trailer. ΚΠ 1979 Financial Times 12 Nov. 15/3 One of the vehicles is a 40 feet long curtain-sider semi-trailer. 1993 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 17 Oct. 62 He took about half an hour to clean a truck with a sponge. Sometimes he hired trestles to clean curtain-siders. 2005 Irish Examiner 29 Aug. 34/2 (advt.) Commercial Vehicles... '96 Scania 113, 360hp, mot, curtain sider, tail lift. Draft additions June 2019 curtain jerker n. a performance, game, or (now chiefly) fight that takes place before the main event, esp. as the first event on the bill; a curtain-raiser; (also) a person who regularly takes part in such lower-profile events (often derogatory).Now chiefly in the context of professional wrestling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > performance before or after play afterpiece1770 curtain-raiser1886 curtain jerker1892 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of all comersc1450 after-gamea1500 fore-game1594 revenge1616 plate1639 set-to1743 return match1753 bye1754 scrub-race1791 anybody's game (also race, match)1826 return1834 barney1843 bonspiel1858 handicap1861 pennant1865 home-and-home1868 benefit match1871 run-off1873 international1877 American tournament1878 Grand Prix1879 single1884 friendly1885 all-comers1889 pair1890 championship1893 round robin1894 replay1895 Olympiad1896 junior varsity1902 lightning tournament1903 rematch1903 road trip1903 pickup1905 freestyle1906 marathon1908 test1908 Derby1909 scrimmage1910 eliminator1911 twosome1911 triala1914 quadrangular1916 slug-fest1916 varsity match1921 needle contest1922 curtain jerker1923 needle match1923 open1926 needle fight1927 knock-out1928 shirt1930 masters1933 pro-amateur1934 tune-up1934 World Cup1934 pro-am1937 state1941 sizzler1942 runathon1943 mismatch1954 run-out1955 match-up1959 squeaker1961 triple-header1961 Super Bowl1967 invitational1968 needle game1970 major1976 slobberknocker1986 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > wrestler > types of sumo1864 sumotori1884 ozeki1892 sumo1893 yokozuna1894 rikishi1907 mud-wrestler1936 baby face1948 luchador1953 heel1958 wrist-wrestler1978 face1998 curtain jerker1999 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > bout > type of catchweight1723 mud-wrestle1938 arm wrestle1939 death match1958 curtain jerker2018 1892 Era 23 Apr. 24/5 Eight songs per night for two weeks unassisted by a ‘curtain jerker’. 1923 Greensburg (Indiana) Daily News 8 Feb. 1/5 Week-end sport activities center around the two Shelbyville basket ball games... A good curtain jerker has been arranged for the eve. 1999 M. Foley Mankind, have Nice Day! xxxiv. 409 Wow, I went from being a curtain jerker to wrestling one of the top guys in the business—with one phone call. 2018 @B_inShortsville 10 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) #UFCDenver Great fight in the curtain-jerker. Draft additions June 2019 curtain-twitcher n. colloquial (chiefly British) a person who observes other people's activities from his or her window, esp. in a furtive and prying manner; a nosy neighbour. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in pryer1552 peeper1607 poker1608 Paul Pry1826 snooper1889 nosy parker1896 stickybeak1917 nosy1931 curtain-twitcher1940 prodnose1965 1940 ‘M. na gCopaleen’ in Irish Times 17 Dec. (City ed.) 6/3 Bean fuinneoige, a curtain-twitcher, a gossip, a tell-tale, a Pauline Pry. 1996 C. Brookmyre Quite Ugly One Morning xviii. 115 Morag Kinross wasn't a nosy person. She was no curtain-twitcher, like many round here. 2018 Tel. & Argus (Bradford) (Nexis) 12 Apr. We're said to be a nation of curtain-twitchers, and new research reveals the lengths Brits go to spy on their neighbours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). curtainn.2 = courtin n. ΚΠ 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 ii. 316 The cattle are kept in open curtains with shedding, each curtain containing from 8 to 12 animals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). curtainv. a. To furnish, surround, cover, adorn, with a curtain or curtains. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [verb (transitive)] > cover or furnish with hangings > with curtains curtainc1300 encurtain1393 stent1512 teld1825 c1300 K. Alis. 1028 With samytes, and baudekyns, Weore cortined the gardynes. c1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1181 G. þe god mon, in gay bed lygez..Vnder couertour ful clere, cortyned aboute. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 199 Eleven fair chariots stay..Curtain'd and arrast under foot. 1828 W. Scott Tapestr. Chamb. The tapestry hangings, which..curtained the walls of the little chamber. b. transferred and figurative. To cover, conceal, veil, protect, shut off, as with a curtain. ΚΠ c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes viii. xxiv Some skyes donne Myght percase curtayne his beames clere. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 24 When with a happie storme they were surprisde, And curtaind with a counsaile-keeping Caue. View more context for this quotation 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse ii. sig. C3v Curtained and ouer-shadowed with a palpable darkenesse. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xii. 217 A supreme immediate longing that curtained off all futurity—the longing to lie down and sleep. Derivatives ˈcurtained adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [adjective] > having hangings > having curtains curtained1836 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. i. 51 Wicked Dreames abuse The Curtain'd sleepe. View more context for this quotation 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 5 The churchwardens..duly installed in their curtained pews. ˈcurtaining n. and adj. (spec. colloquial in Painting) the formation of ‘curtains’: see curtain n.1 1e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > condition or preservation of paintings > [noun] > cracking or wrinkling alligatoring1904 crocodiling1932 curtaining1940 1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 28 Near to a curtaining Whose airy texture, from a golden string, Floated into the room. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 196/1 A sudden escape from curtaining oak branches brought us full upon the summit. 1940 in Chambers's Techn. Dict. 217/1. 1953 in Gloss. Paint. Terms (B.S.I.) ii. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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