- curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
 --1 is a kind of blind, screen; furnishings
 --1 has particulars:drop curtain, drop cloth, drop; festoon; frontal; portiere; shower curtain; theater curtain, theatre curtain Derived form: verb curtain1 
- curtain - any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
 --2 is a kind of barrier