draw down the curtain
1draw the curtain — pull down the curtain, draw the screen …
2curtain */*/ — UK [ˈkɜː(r)t(ə)n] / US [ˈkɜrt(ə)n] noun Word forms curtain : singular curtain plural curtains 1) [countable] a long piece of cloth, usually one of a pair, that hangs down and covers a window draw/pull/close the curtains (= move them together):… …
3curtain — cur|tain [ kɜrtn ] noun ** 1. ) count a long piece of cloth, usually one of a pair, that hangs down and covers a window: close/pull/draw the curtains (=move them together): Close the curtains and turn the light on. open/pull/draw (=move them… …
4curtain — cur|tain1 W3S2 [ˈkə:tn US ˈkə:rtn] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: curtine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cohors enclosure, court ; COHORT] 1.) a piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, divide a room… …
5draw — (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D.… …
6The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) — The Rite of Constantinople † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rite of Constantinople (Also BYZANTINE RITE.) The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms …
7The Starlight Express — is a children s play by Violet Pearn, [Dramatist Violet Pearn, born at Plymouth in 1890, was the author of many plays, and adapted several of Algernon Blackwood s tales.] based on the imaginative novel A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon… …
8The Raven — is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845. It is noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven s mysterious visit to a distraught lover,… …
9The Honest Whore — is an early Jacobean city comedy, written in two parts; Part 1 is a collaboration between Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton, while Part 2 is the work of Dekker alone. The plays were acted by the Admiral s Men.Part 1 The Honest Whore, Part 1 was… …
10The Travels of the Three English Brothers — is an early Jacobean era stage play, an adventure drama written in 1607 by John Day, William Rowley, and George Wilkins. The drama was based on the true life experiences of the three Shirley brothers, Sir Anthony Shirley, Sir Thomas Shirley, and… …