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curtain fire

(also chiefly US curtain of fire)
Definition of curtain fire

noun

[mass noun] British
  • rapid, continuous artillery or machine-gun fire on a designated line or area: their artillery used curtain fire to trap the Austrian forces in their deep trenches

curtain fire in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of curtain fire in the US English dictionary