Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - curtain
Curtain
curtain
n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of cloth etc. hung up as a screen, usu. moveable sideways or upwards, esp. at a window or between the stage and auditorium of a theatre. 2 Theatr. a the rise or fall of the stage curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene. b = curtain-call. 3 a partition or cover. 4 (in pl.) sl. the end. --v.tr. 1 furnish or cover with a curtain or curtains. 2 (foll. by off) shut off with a curtain or curtains. Phrases and idioms curtain-call Theatr. an audience's summons to actor(s) to take a bow after the fall of the curtain. curtain-fire Mil. a concentration of rapid and continuous fire. curtain lecture a wife's private reproof to her husband, orig. behind bed-curtains. curtain-raiser 1 Theatr. a piece prefaced to the main performance. 2 a preliminary event. curtain-wall 1 Fortification the plain wall of a fortified place, connecting two towers etc. 2 Archit. a piece of plain wall not supporting a roof. Etymology: ME f. OF cortine f. LL cortina transl. Gk aulaia f. aule court
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I. noun see: court Date: 14th century a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up, a device or agency that conceals or acts as a barrier, 3. the part of a bastioned front that connects two neighboring bastions, b. a similar stretch of plain wall, a nonbearing exterior wall, 4. the movable screen separating the stage from the auditorium of a theater, the ascent or opening (as at the beginning of a play) of a stage ~, the final situation, line, or scene of an act or play, the time at which a theatrical performance begins, end, ~less adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century to furnish with or as if with ~s, to veil or shut off with or as if with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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