Meaning of curtain off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To separate, isolate or block by means of a curtain or other barrier.
2. To isolate.
   figuratively

Examples

“The encircling, mile-high mountains of the Coeur d'Alene mining area, rich in lead, zinc and silver, curtain off the sunlight except for a few midday hours.”

“For furniture there was a table and chair, and a bed, slovenly made; one corner of the room was curtained off.”

“I am talking about a way of regarding our world as amenable to investigation and interrogation without magic keys, special jargons and instruments, curtained-off practices.”

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