curfew
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
curfew /ˈkəːfjuː/
▶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’.
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