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fire curtain

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

A perfectly plain asbestos fire-curtain descended in front of the already locked door.

Mr. Frankenstein said that the stage manager told him that the Iroquois stage was not equipped with a true fire curtain.

"The Germans came out of their trenches once but we drove them back with our fire curtain," explained the officer.

The fire curtain is also actuated by a hydraulic cylinder fixed to the middle of the fire curtain.

He sprang up, pointing where the fringe of that French fire curtain touched this great stage.

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