backcloth

British  

/ ˈbækˌklɒθ /

noun

1. Also called: backdrop.  a large painted curtain hanging at the back of a stage set

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Example Sentences

The whole landscape—beach and headland and sea and rock—quavered in front of my eyes like a stage backcloth.

From Literature

"Long gone are the days when pantomime is a tatty backcloth, a funny little band and people coming on doing sketch comedy," he says.

From BBC

But for many, a backcloth of declining supply levels is also expected to propel zinc prices skywards in the near future.

From Forbes

Promotion ambitions were merely the backcloth to this fixture, though.

From The Guardian

Photograph: Shootart Mobile/Courtesy White Cube The organza that forms the backcloth to Jessica Rankin's embroideries barely seems able to take the weight of her glittering metallic threads.

From The Guardian