couvre-braises
English translation: curfew
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peer agreement (net): +5curfew Explanation: Believe it or not. It's a historical term, and comes from "couvre feu". Curfew, in its modern meaning, is derived from the old obligation to extinguish fires at night. "“Everyone has a curfew. It's what we cover the embers with so we can restart them in the morning. My father wants us back before he covers them. —'couvre feu'." https://books.google.es/books?id=Dpp5CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149&lpg=P... "The medieval curfew—from couvre feu or fire cover—was a large metal lid used to cover the embers of the fire at night and keep them burning until morning. " http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/02/a-brief-hi... "Can you find a semi-circular metal cover in the fireplace? This is called a curfew and it was used to cover the embers of the fire at night." http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/geisha/assets/files/Resource K... |
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