(of curtain)
81curtain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. screen, veil, valance, drapery, portiere, hanging, blind, shade. See concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. drape, drapery, hanging, portiere, screen, shade, window covering, film, decoration, blind,… …
82curtain — noun 1》 a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways and found as one of a pair at a window. ↘(the curtain) a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a… …
83curtain — noun (C) 1 a piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, door etc to divide a room etc: draw the curtains (=close the curtains) 2 a sheet of heavy material that can be made to come down across the front of the stage in a… …
84curtain rail — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms curtain rail : singular curtain rail plural curtain rails British a long thin pole that a curtain hangs from …
85curtain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English curtine, from Anglo French, from Late Latin cortina (translation of Greek aulaia, from aulē court), from Latin cohort , cohors enclosure, court more at court Date: 14th century 1. a hanging screen usually capable …
86Curtain Society — The Curtain Society Gründung 1988 Genre Alternative, Shoegazing Website curtainsociety.com Gründungsmitglieder Gesang, Gitarre Roger Lavallee …
87Curtain Theatre — ▪ historical theatre, London, United Kingdom playhouse opened in 1577 in Curtain Close, Finsbury Fields, Shoreditch. The Curtain was the second such public playhouse (after The Theatre) to be built in the London environs. Henry Lanman, who… …
88curtain — 1. noun /ˈkɜː(r)tən/ a) A piece of cloth covering a window to keep the sun from shining inside. Captain Rense, beleagring the Citie of Errona for us, [...] caused a forcible mine to be wrought under a great curtine of the walles [...]. b) A… …
89curtain call — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms curtain call : singular curtain call plural curtain calls theatre the time just after a play or show when the performers come to the front of the stage and the audience applauds …
90curtain raiser — UK [ˈkɜː(r)t(ə)n ˌreɪzə(r)] / US [ˈkɜrt(ə)nˌreɪzər] noun [countable] Word forms curtain raiser : singular curtain raiser plural curtain raisers a) a short performance that is put on before a more important one b) an event, especially a sports… …
