draw curtain

noun

1

: a curtain in front of a stage that meets or overlaps in the middle and is drawn back on both sides when open

2

: one of a pair or set of domestic curtains usually of rather substantial and more or less opaque material that may be drawn together or apart by a mechanical device (as a traverse rod)

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