precurtain

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ curtain

Adjective

precurtain (not comparable)

1. Before the curtain rises at the start of a play.
   • 2007 July 21, Campbell Robertson, “Well West of Broadway, the Stage Is Their World”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The cast gathered on the back porch for Ms. Barre’s precurtain notes: Think about your first line.

2. Before the curtain falls at the end of a play.