curtain wall
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noun
(in a framed building) an exterior wall having no structural function.
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Nearby words
- curtain line,
- curtain raiser,
- curtain shutter,
- curtain speech,
- curtain time,
- curtain-raiser,
- curtain-twitcher,
- curtained,
- curtains,
- curtains for, be.
Origin of curtain wall
First recorded in 1850–55
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Examples from the Web for curtain wall
The porter's lodge and curtain-wall enclosing Hulne Priory still stand, and its outline can be traced, though the ruins are scant.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive|Joel CookThe battlements of the curtain-wall are ornamented in the same manner.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)|Dawson TurnerThey reached the foot of the rampart, and by the stairway of a tower that was left unguarded, they mounted onto the curtain-wall.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche|Anatole FranceCome and see the curtain-wall or whatever it is in the cellars of the Htel de la Poste.
The Tower of Oblivion|Oliver Onions
curtain wall
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