iron curtain

See also: Iron Curtain

English

Noun

iron curtain (plural iron curtains)

  1. A barrier made of iron in the theatre, lowered between the stage and the auditorium for safety or to prevent communication.
  2. (idiomatic) Any impenetrable barrier.
    • 1982, Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions‎‎, →ISBN, page 450:
      The coup d'etat also constituted an iron curtain for the social scientists.

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