curtain off

: 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