curtains

cur·tain  (kûrtn)

n.

1. Material that hangs in a window or other opening as a decoration, shade, or screen.

2. Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, or barrier: the curtain of mist before the mountain; a heavy curtain of artillery fire.

3.

a. The movable screen or drape in a theater or hall that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.

b. The rising or opening of a theater curtain at the beginning of a performance or act.

c. The time at which a theatrical performance begins or is scheduled to begin.

d. The fall or closing of a theater curtain at the end of a performance or act.

e. The concluding line, speech, or scene of a play or act.

4. The part of a rampart or parapet connecting two bastions or gates.

5. Architecture A curtain wall.

6. curtains Slang

a. The end.

b. Absolute ruin: "If the employee doesn't shape up, it's curtains" (Business Week).

c. Death.

tr.v. cur·tained, cur·tain·ing, cur·tains

1. To provide (something) with or as if with a curtain.

2. To shut off (something) with or as if with a curtain.

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[Middle English cortine, from Old French, from Late Latin crtna, from Latin crs, crt-, variant of cohors, court; see court.]

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curtains [ˈkɜːt^ənz]

pl n

1. Informal death or ruin; the end if the enemy see us it will be curtains for us

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a hairstyle in which the hair is parted in the centre of the forehead and curved out over the temples