curfew
/ˈkɝ.fju/ sustantivo B2En español: toque de queda, cubrefuego
- 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
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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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