In fortification, that part of the rampart which is between the flanks of two opposite bastions, which are thereby connected.
·noun A flag; an ensign; — in contempt. II. Curtain ·vt To inclose as with curtains; to furnish wi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A woman who scolds her husband when in bed, is said to read him a curtain lecture. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose