Definition of curtain off
- The booth was curtained off on three sides.
- We curtained the back of the room off for privacy.
: a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up
: a device or agency that conceals or acts as a barrier — compare iron curtain
: the part of a bastioned front that connects two neighboring bastions
: to furnish with or as if with curtains
: to veil or shut off with or as if with a curtain
: from a place or position
: at a distance in space or time
: from a course : aside
used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union
: to seaward of
: from the possession or charge of
: seaward
: right
: more removed or distant
: to go away : depart
: kill, murder
: competition : contest
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