- an order establishing a specific time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, especially that no civilians or other specified group of unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed.
- a regulation requiring a person to be home at a certain prescribed time, as imposed by a parent on a child.
- the time at which a daily curfew starts.
- the period during which a curfew is in effect.
- a signal, usually made with a bell, announcing the start of the time of restrictions under a curfew.
- a bell for sounding a curfew.
- (in medieval Europe) the ringing of a bell at a fixed hour in the evening as a signal for covering or extinguishing fires.
- a metal cover for shielding a banked or unattended fire.
- an official regulation setting restrictions on movement, esp after a specific time at night
- the time set as a deadline by such a regulation
- (in medieval Europe)
- the ringing of a bell to prompt people to extinguish fires and lights
- the time at which the curfew bell was rung
- the bell itself
