curtain

n. length of fabric (hung at a window, on the stage of a theater, etc.)

v. conceal with a curtain, screen; adorn with a curtain

A curtain (in the US, also known as a drape or drapery) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, or draughts, or water in the case of a shower curtain. Curtains hung over a doorway are known as portiéres. Curtains are often hung on the inside of a building's window to block the travel of light, for instance at night to aid sleeping, or to stop light from escaping outside the building (stopping people outside from being able to see inside, often for privacy reasons). In this application they are also known as "draperies." Curtains come in a variety of shapes, materials, sizes, colours and patterns, and they often have their own sections within department stores, while some shops are completely dedicated to selling curtains. An adaptation of the curtain may be a blind or, in warmer countries, such as Spain, wooden shutters that are fixed to the outside of the building to provide privacy and still keep the building cool inside.
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Noun
1. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(synonym) drape, drapery, mantle, pall
(hypernym) blind, screen
(hyponym) drop curtain, drop cloth, drop
2. any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
(hypernym) barrier
Verb
1. provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) drape, drapery, mantle, pall

(v. t.)
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
  

(n.)
That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
  

(n.)
That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
  

(n.)
A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.
  

(n.)
A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
  

(1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat's hair, covered the tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17). (2.) The sacred curtain, separating the holy of holies from the sanctuary, is designated by a different Hebrew word (peroketh). It is described as a "veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work" (Ex. 26:31; Lev. 16:2; Num. 18:7). (3.) "Stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain" (Isa. 40:22), is an expression used with reference to the veil or awning which Orientals spread for a screen over their courts in summer. According to the prophet, the heavens are spread over our heads as such an awning. Similar expressions are found in Ps. 104:2l; comp. Isa. 44:24; Job 9:8.