draw curtain

American  

noun

Theater.

1. a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.

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Example Sentences

Earlier, I could draw curtain upon curtain of blame around a patient.

From New York Times

So, Sir, I kisse your hands; and deliver to you an intire and clear heart; which shall ever when I am with you be in my face and tongue, and when I am from you, in my Letters, for I will never draw Curtain between you and it.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides picture windows and a cozy fireplace, the house has a small bedroom separated by a draw curtain from the living room.

From Time Magazine Archive

The English draw curtain is admirable for this purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a red draw curtain, footlights made with candles and biscuit tins, and so strung on a wire that at a pull, between the acts, they could be turned on the spectators.

From Project Gutenberg