A nighttime curfew that was imposed a few weeks ago seems barely enforced now—no doubt to the relief of the women at the Ramada.
On Friday afternoon, I stood by the Burger King checking the bars on my phone like a kid with a curfew.
The city of Miran Shah, for example, was subjected to a nighttime curfew for years.
Nixon said the curfew is necessary, despite the efforts of some Ferguson residents to prevent looting.
And so swift was the imposition of the curfew that some foreigners were taken by surprise.
The bell in this tower was in former days used to ring the curfew.
In Shakspeare's works frequent mention is made of the curfew.
They were allowed to be on the streets after the hour of curfew, for one thing.
The next day, until nearly the hour of curfew, nothing was seen of Countess.
When the curfew of Notre Dame sounded, they retired to their dormitories.
early 14c., "evening signal, ringing of a bell at a fixed hour," from Anglo-French coeverfu (late 13c.), from Old French cuevrefeu, literally "cover fire" (Modern French couvre-few), from cuevre, imperative of covrir "to cover" (see cover (v.)) + feu "fire" (see focus (n.)). The medieval practice of ringing a bell at fixed time in the evening as an order to bank the hearths and prepare for sleep. The original purpose was to prevent conflagrations from untended fires. The modern extended sense of "periodic restriction of movement" had evolved by 1800s.
