How to pronounce curtain
American English pronunciation
KUR-tun
- IPA
- /ˈkɝtən/
- Syllables
- KUR · tun (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What curtain means
Most people know curtain in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A castle wall that links two towers
In a sentence: We walked along the top of the castle's curtain, from the east tower to the west tower.
Where it comes from: It comes from Old French cortine, from a Late Latin word for a curtain. The wall probably got the name because it stretches between the towers like a hanging cloth.
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