curtain

/ˈkər-tᵊn/

Middle English curtine, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin cortina (translation of Greek aulaia, from aulē court), from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, court

noun

  1. a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up; especially : window, drapery

  2. a device or agency that conceals or acts as a barrier

  3. the part of a bastioned front that connects two neighboring bastions

verb

  1. to furnish with or as if with curtains

  2. to veil or shut off with or as if with a curtain

noun

  1. an appearance by a performer (as after the final curtain of a play) in response to the applause of the audience