"curtain wall" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-curtain_wall-en-noun-To0aiPWF Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (architecture) The non-load-bearing outer skin of a modern building. Categories (topical): Architecture, Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-curtain_wall-en-noun-nkPfC0xy Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Topics: architecture

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