curtains

nounthe end

Synonyms for curtains

noun the end

completion

noun. accomplishment, finishing

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old French cortine "curtain, tapestry, drape, blanket," from Late Latin cortina "curtain," but in classical Latin "round vessel, cauldron," from Latin cortem (older cohortem) "enclosure, courtyard" (see cohort). The confusion apparently begins in using cortina as a loan-translation for Greek aulaia ("curtain") in the Vulgate (to render Hebrew yeriah in Exodus xxvi:1, etc.) because the Greek word was connected to aule "court," perhaps because the "door" of a Greek house that led out to the courtyard was a hung cloth. The figurative sense in curtain call is from 1884. Curtains "the end" is 1912, originally from stage plays.

Example Sentences for curtains

In her sleep she had seen it gliding among the pale heather-blossoms on her curtains.

There are probably no more doors, only curtains, so we shall have no trouble.

He saw her go by, young and alert in the sunshine, and the May air stirred the curtains.

I got up at once, pulled back the curtains, and mumbled my rle while dressing.

Lady N—— was indifferent to me, and how could I hang up her curtains in my memory?

Behind him, among the curtains, sat a lady and her black maid.

The curtains were tightly drawn and a heavy quilt was hung over the door.

Pembroke slipped from behind the curtains and stole softly in pursuit.

There was no gate; soft black plumes and curtains served as doors.

His father knelt by his side, and then the curtains were again closed.

curtains

Synonyms for curtains

calamity

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catastrophe

completion

death

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Synonyms for curtains

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