safety curtain

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noun

a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.

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Also called fire curtain.

Origin of safety curtain

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby safety curtain

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How to use safety curtain in a sentence

A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
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After the curtain calls, Christopher comes back to explain a complicated math problem.
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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
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I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
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To Berthier, if to any one, Bonaparte entrusted his secret designs, for he knew that he could do so in safety.
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She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.
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These residents then killed the parish priest, and without arms fled for safety to the mountain ravines.
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British Dictionary definitions for safety curtain

safety curtain

noun

a curtain made of fireproof material that can be lowered to separate the auditorium and stage in a theatre to prevent the spread of a fire

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

safety curtain

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