CURFEW: значение слова

noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French coverfeu, signal given to bank the hearth fire, curfew, from coverir to cover + fu, feu fire, from Latin focus hearth
Date: 14th century
the sounding of a bell at evening ,

2. a regulation enjoining the withdrawal of usually specified persons (as juveniles or military personnel) from the streets or the closing of business establishments or places of assembly at a stated hour, a signal to an noun ce the beginning of a curfew, the hour at which a curfew becomes effective, the period during which a curfew is in effect