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Noun: side curtain airbag
  1. A safety device installed in cars that deploys by rapidly inflating to protect the head and provide rollover protection
    "The car's side curtain airbags deployed during the collision, protecting the passengers' heads";
    - curtain airbag

Derived forms: side curtain airbags

Type of: air cushion, inflatable cushion

Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Side curtain airbag