CURTAINS

A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.

(by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.

"He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry."

To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.

To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

(in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end, death

""What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them.""

A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect