a hanging fabric screen that can usu be drawn back or up, esp one used at a window or to separate the stage from the auditorium of a theatre
the ascent or opening of a stage curtain or its descent or closing
(the curtain) the movable screen separating the stage from the auditorium of a theatre
the ascent or opening, e.g. at the beginning of a play, of a stage curtain or its descent or closing
informal (in pl) disaster or death
a device or agency that conceals or acts as a barrier: compare Iron Curtain
a castle wall between two neighbouring bastions
an exterior wall that carries no load
[Middle English curtine via Old French from late Latin cortina from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, court]