curtain
curtain [-s] n
ME cortine < L. cortīna, curtain.
- Covering; screen; cloth window-covering; piece of material suspended by the top that can be withdrawn to the side; [fig.] division between life and death.
- Drape; [fig.] mist; fog; cloud bank.
- Sheet; [fig.] current of submarine water; anything that keeps one emotionally detached.