Definitions for "Curtain"
That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
In military architecture, a wall.
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.
A speleothem in the form like a curtain, wavy and hangs from the roof of a cave or wall, often translucent and resonant.
A wavy folded sheet of dripstone hanging from a roof or projecting from a wall, often translucent.
n. in a lever tumbler lock, a device that blocks access to the keyhole when the key is turned
A security device used in lever locks to partially close the keyhole when the key or any other implement is inserted and turned.
The assembled folding panels of the side folding closure or grille.
The part of the sheet door that actually rolls up and down or slides side to side. Manufactured of corrugated sheets seamed together.
The part of the door that actually rolls up and down, or slides side to side. It may be manufactured of slats and/or rods and links, endlocks and windlocks.
A waterfall that has more width than height.!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0831810301914160"; google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.nyfalls.com/scripts/google_adsense_script.html"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "336699"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336699"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "336699";
Similar to a Block-type waterfall, except it is higher than it is wide.
Curtain (published in 1975) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. The novel features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings in their final appearances in Christie's works (see below).
A miss in the 10th frame by the anchor man, when a mark would have won the game for his team. Also, a barricade located behind the pin deck to catch the pins and ball.
blow in the last frame by the anchor man, when a spare would have won for his team.
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
a window with choice
A stationary or hand-drawn window treatment, that is usually unlined. It has a casing at the top through which a rod is inserted.
See " Rear window" or " Side curtains". This term comes from the era of buggys, when a curtain was drawn to close openings in the top.
an inflatable device that is fixed at two points, one at the front end of the vehicle's A-pillar and the other along the roof rail near the C-pillar
A stalactite that is very thin and wide - just like a curtain ... - formed as the water runs sideways down a sloping roof
Flexible load protection from roof to load bed either side of cargo unit.
end of a scene; closing of a curtain to depict the end of an act or scene.
Commonly referred to the main curtain or the proscenium curtain that is opened (curtain up) and closed (curtain down) at the beginning and end of a scene, act, or performance
A zone of foundation grouting or piling parallel to a dam axis designed to prevent or diminish seepage beneath the dam.
The lining of the inside of dress pants' waistband, the curtain usually comes pre-made and is stitched into the waistband as a separate piece.
The line separating players from puppetmasters. As in, "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." .tôp.
any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
A portion of the canopy composed of the current season's shoot growth that is normally oriented downward.
The sheet of water that forms as the lip falls towards the waves base.