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curtain off

verb

Definitions

  1. To separate, isolate or block by means of a curtain or other barrier.

    • The encircling, mile-high mountains of the Coeur d'Alene mining area, rich in lead, zinc and silver, curtain off the sunlight except for a few midday hours.
    • For furniture there was a table and chair, and a bed, slovenly made; one corner of the room was curtained off.

  2. To isolate.

    • I am talking about a way of regarding our world as amenable to investigation and interrogation without magic keys, special jargons and instruments, curtained-off practices.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA