curfew
/ˈkɝ.fju/ noun B2- Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. · The city has been reported calm after a curfew was imposed.
- A regulation requiring loud or disruptive activities such as concerts and sporting events to end by a certain time.
- The time when such restriction begins.
- A signal indicating this time.
- A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
- A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
- The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
Plural curfews
From the library
Prissy Andrews is going to recite ‘Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight.’ That is such a good moral piece, Marilla, I’m sure it would do me lots of good to hear it.
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