curtain
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4. The part of a rampart or parapet connecting two bastions or gates.
5. Architecture. An enclosing wall connecting two towers or similar structures.
6. curtains Slang. a. The end. b. Absolute ruin: "If the employee doesn't shape up, it's curtains" (Business Week). c. Death.
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curtained
[Middle English cortine, from Old French, from Late Latin cōrtīna, from Latin cōrs, cōrt-, variant of cohors, court. See