Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - curfew
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Curfew
curfew
~ n 1 a law forcing everyone to stay indoors from a particular time in the evening until a particular time in the morning (The military regime decided to impose a curfew.) 2 not with 'the') the time after which everyone must stay indoors, according to this law (Anyone found in the streets after curfew will be shot.)
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(curfews) A curfew is a law stating that people must stay inside their houses after a particular time at night, for example during a war. The village was placed under curfew... In Lucknow crowds of people defied the curfew to celebrate on the streets. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French coverfeu, signal given to bank the hearth fire, ~, from coverir to cover + fu, feu fire, from Latin focus hearth Date: 14th century 1. the sounding of a bell at evening the Curfew tolls the knell of parting day — Thomas Gray 2. a. a regulation enjoining the withdrawal of usually specified persons (as juveniles or military personnel) from the streets or the closing of business establishments or places of assembly at a stated hour b. a signal to announce the beginning of a ~ c. the hour at which a ~ becomes effective d. the period during which a ~ is in effect ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a a regulation restricting or forbidding the public circulation of people, esp. requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, usu. at night. b the hour designated as the beginning of such a restriction. c a daily signal indicating this. 2 hist. a a medieval regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening. b the hour for this. c the bell announcing it. 3 the ringing of a bell at a fixed evening hour. Etymology: ME f. AF coeverfu, OF cuevrefeu f. the stem of couvrir COVER + feu fire ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun 1) комендантский час 2) hist. вечерний звон (сигнал для гашения огней) 3) колпачок (для тушения огня) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1330, from O.Fr. covrefeu, lit. "cover fire," from medieval practice of ringing a bell at fixed time in the evening as an order to bank the hearths and prepare for sleep. The modern sense of the word had evolved by 1800s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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