curfew

Universal Words noun [C,U] 1 a law which says that people must not go outside after a particular time at night until the morning; the time after which nobody must go outside: The army imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew. * You must get home before curfew. 2 (AmE) a time when children must be home in the evening: I have a 10 o'clock curfew.