front curtain meaning

• [Architecture]
  

  See act curtain.

• act curtain, act drop, front curtain, house curtain:    [Architecture]A cu ...
• curtain:    Noun: curtain  ...
• front:    Noun: front & ...

Examples

1. The ballet does not live up to its clever front curtain.
2. They bounce against and dangle from high up on the front curtain.
3. Depending on the type, front curtains may travel horizontally or vertically.
4. Boris's name appears in gigantic Cyrillic letters across the front curtain.
5. The front curtain suggests a montage of smudged black-and-white photographs.