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tableau curtain
noun
, Theater.
- 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.
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The tableau curtain fell and the manager appeared behind the footlights.
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