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What (who) is curfew - definition

BAN ON ENTERING PUBLIC AREAS SUCH AS STREETS OR SQUARES AT CERTAIN TIMES

Curfews; Couvre-feu; Shoot at sight; Cerfew; Kerfew; Curfew law

curfew

(curfews)

A curfew is a law stating that people must stay inside their houses after a particular time at night, for example during a war.

The village was placed under curfew...

In Lucknow crowds of people defied the curfew to celebrate on the streets.

N-VAR

Curfew

·noun A utensil for covering the fire.

II. Curfew ·noun The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, - instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself.

curfew

['k?:fju:]

¦ noun a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night.

?the time designated as the beginning of such a restriction.

Origin

ME (denoting a regulation requiring fires to be extinguished at a fixed hour in the evening): from OFr. cuevrefeu, from cuvrir 'to cover' + feu 'fire'.

Wikipedia

Curfew

A curfew is a government order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply. Typically, curfews order all people affected by them to not be in public places or on roads within a certain time frame, typically in the evening and nighttime hours. Such an order may be issued by public authorities but also by the owner of a house to those living in the household. For instance, an au pair was typically given a curfew, which regulates when they must return to the host family's home in the evening.

Curfews were a common element of control used in martial law, though curfews can also be implemented for public safety in the event of a disaster, pandemic, or crisis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curfew

Examples of use of curfew

1. CURFEW The curfew in Kathmandu began at ' a.m. (11:15 p.m.

2. Curfew extended To prevent sectarian violence from spiraling into civil war, authorities imposed an extended curfew Saturday.

3. Curfew An indefinite curfew is still in place on the peninsula and thousands of people have taken refuge in churches.

4. There is now a five–hour daytime curfew in Kathmandu as well as a 10pm–4am curfew.

5. The day curfew has been lifted but the night curfew remains Iraqi authorities have lifted a daytime curfew in Baghdad and surrounding provinces that was imposed after an attack on an important Shia shrine.