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Meaning
Noun
●
In Night:
Any
regulation
requiring
people to be off the
streets
and in their
homes
by a certain time.
●
In Night:
The time when such
restriction
begins.
●
In Night:
A
signal
indicating
this time.
●
A
fireplace
accessory
designed
to
bank
a
fire
by
completely
covering
the embers.
●
In Night:
A
regulation
in
feudal
Europe by which
fires
had to
be
covered
up or
put out
at a certain
fixed
time in
the
evening
,
marked
by the
ringing
of an
evening
bell.
●
The
evening
bell
, which
continued
to be
rung
in many
towns
after the
regulation
itself became obsolete.
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