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curtain noun 1 a hanging cloth over a window, round a bed, etc for privacy or to exclude light. 2 theat a hanging cloth in front of the stage to screen it from the auditorium. 3 theat (often the curtain) the rise of the curtain at the beginning, or fall of the curtain at the end, of a stage performance, act, scene, etc. 4 something resembling a curtain • a curtain of thick dark hair. 5 (curtains) colloq the end; death. verb (curtained, curtaining) 1 (often curtain something off) to surround or enclose it with a curtain. 2 to supply (windows, etc) with curtains. curtain up the beginning of a theatre performance.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French courtine, from Latin cortina.