1. 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
   "The theater curtain rose, revealing an elaborate set";
   - theatre curtain

Derived forms: theater curtains

Type of: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall

Part of: theater stage [US], theatre stage

Encyclopedia: Theater curtain