WordNet
n. a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance [syn: theatre curtain]
Usage examples of "theater curtain".
Then she lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theater curtain.
With the ponderous slowness of a theater curtain opening, the halves slid apart to reveal the glowing humor.
The rhythmic chorus rang out, and the square sails spilled wind as the lines hauled them up like a theater curtain.
Roane began to let the dress slide from his hands, raising his hands at the same time so the dress fell around me like a theater curtain coming down.
In an instant, the greatcoat was pulled aside, like a theater curtain.
Like a theater curtain being lifted, the rain stopped, and Ryan stood frozen for a moment, unable to believe what he was seeing.
The clouds parted like a theater curtain, to where a lemon sun poured warmth and light from a salmon-colored sky.