Definition of curtain
- 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. - 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 flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
- v. t. - To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.