Topic: LAW
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | covrefeu 'signal to put out fires, curfew', from covrir 'to cover' + feu 'fire' |
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cur‧few
[uncountable and countable]
[uncountable and countable]1SCL a law that forces people to stay indoors after a particular time at night, or the time people must be indoors : 
Anyone found in the streets after curfew was shot.
Anyone found in the streets after curfew was shot.2 American English the time, decided by a parent, by which a child must be home or asleep in the evening
