Толковый словарь английского языка - curfew
Curfew
curfew
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French coverfeu, signal given to bank the hearth fire, ~, from coverir to cover + fu, feu fire, from Latin focus hearth Date: 14th century the sounding of a bell at evening , 2. a regulation enjoining the withdrawal of usually specified persons (as juveniles or military personnel) from the streets or the closing of business establishments or places of assembly at a stated hour, a signal to announce the beginning of a ~, the hour at which a ~ becomes effective, the period during which a ~ is in effect
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n. 1 a a regulation restricting or forbidding the public circulation of people, esp. requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, usu. at night. b the hour designated as the beginning of such a restriction. c a daily signal indicating this. 2 hist. a a medieval regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening. b the hour for this. c the bell announcing it. 3 the ringing of a bell at a fixed evening hour. Etymology: ME f. AF coeverfu, OF cuevrefeu f. the stem of couvrir COVER + feu fire ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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