curtain wall
(in a framed building) an exterior wall having no structural function.
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How to use curtain wall in a sentence
They 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 FranceAlready the ditches are deep, the curtain wall of hawthorn high and impenetrable, the approaches narrow.
Wood Magic | Richard JefferiesPart of the curtain wall was completely reversed by the force of the explosive and now shows its inner face.
Wanderings in Wessex | Edric HolmesThe 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 CookCome and see the curtain-wall or whatever it is in the cellars of the Htel de la Poste.
The Tower of Oblivion | Oliver Onions
British Dictionary definitions for curtain wall
a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
a low wall outside the outer wall of a castle, serving as a first line of defence
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