Noun

(en noun)

a temporary loss of consciousness

a temporary loss of memory

a large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers

* "The repairs at the Koeberg Power Station in the Western Cape were on schedule for completion in the third week of May. This follows huge blackouts related to the problems at the power supplier since November. Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006 p.5.

the mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings as imposed during World War II

Noun

(en noun)

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

*

Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

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

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, title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what

(label) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.

* , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220:

Captain Rense'', beleagring the Citie of ''Errona for us,.

Death.

* 1979 , (Monty Python), (Always Look on the Bright Side of Life)

For life is quite absurd / And death's the final word / You must always face the curtain with a bow.

(label) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

A flag; an ensign.

(Shakespeare)