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View synonyms for tableau curtain

tableau curtain

noun

, Theater.
  1. a curtain, often used as an act curtain, designed to be drawn aside and up to give a festooned or draped effect.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tableau curtain1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

There may be used instead or in addition to the act curtain, what is known as a tableau curtain, that works in a traveler above, which can be drawn straight off stage, both ways, parting in the middle, or be pulled to a drape at each side.

The tableau curtain fell and the manager appeared behind the footlights.

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