asbestos curtain
Example Sentences
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The big asbestos curtain hushed all that and the Metropolitan's regular season was ended.
From Time Magazine Archive
The witness testified that when he reached the stage after attending to his engines, the "asbestos" curtain was caught part way down.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
He flitted off, and the stage director leaned back against the asbestos curtain.
From The Little Warrior by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
A big iron asbestos curtain is worked by a lever in the "prop" corner on the prompter's side.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The asbestos curtain refused to work, and the stage hands and players began to hurry from the theater.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
