"curtain wall" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: curtain walls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} curtain wall (plural curtain walls)
  1. (military, historical) The outer wall of a castle or defensive wall between two bastions. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-curtain_wall-en-noun-To0aiPWF Categories (other): Military, Walls and fences Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 84 16 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (architecture) The non-load-bearing outer skin of a modern building.
    Sense id: en-curtain_wall-en-noun-nkPfC0xy Categories (other): Architecture, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

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