Usually means: Non-structural exterior building facade.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word curtain wall:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. curtain wall: Merriam-Webster
  2. curtain wall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curtain wall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. curtain wall: Collins English Dictionary
  5. curtain-wall: Wordnik
  6. curtain wall: Wiktionary
  7. curtain wall: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. curtain wall: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. curtain wall: Dictionary.com
  10. Curtain wall (architecture), Curtain wall (castle), Curtain wall (fortification), Curtain wall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. curtain wall: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. curtain wall: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Curtain-wall, curtain wall: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Curtain Wall: Castle Terms

Definitions from Wiktionary (curtain wall)

noun:  (military, historical) The outer wall of a castle or defensive wall between two bastions.
noun:  (architecture) The non-load-bearing outer skin of a modern building.

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