Definitions
Rule requiring people to stay indoors after a set time.
Word origin
From Middle English curfu, from Old French cuevre-fu (French couvre-feu), from the imperative of covrir (“to cover”) + fu (“fire”). Compare kerchief.
Used in a sentence
“Curfews have been curbing / The end of liberty”
“I have my lodging neere unto a tower, where both evening and morning a very great bell doth chime Ave marie and Cover-few, which jangling doth even make the tower to shake […].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Stay-home rule”6 letters
02“Required home time”6 letters
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