curtain
n. திரை, திரைச்சீலை, துணியாலான மறைப்பு, பலகணித் திரை, படுக்கையைச் சுற்றித் தொங்கும் மூடுதிரை, ஞாயில்களின் இடைமதில், மேற்கூரையற்ற இடைச்சுவர், நாடக மறைப்புத்திரை, தீப்பாதுகாப்புக்கான நாடக இரும்புத்தட்டி, திரைவீழ்ச்சி, காட்சி முடிவு, அனல் கக்கும் பீரங்கிகளாலான தடைகாப்பு வேலி, (வி.) திரை மறைப்பு அமை, திரையால் மூடு, திரையிட்டுத் தடு.
Cur"tain (kr"tn; 48), n. Etym: [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.] 1. 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. 2. (Fort.) Defn: That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion. 3. (Arch.) Defn: That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc. 4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak. Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret. -- Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. Jerrold. A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. W. Irving. -- The curtain falls, the performance closes. -- The curtain rises, the performance begins. -- To draw the curtain, to close ot over an object, or to remove it; hence: (a) To hide or to disclose an object. (b) To commence or close a performance. -- To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the performance. Cur"tain, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtained (-tnd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.] Defn: To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains. So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red. Milton.