back-cloth

[ bak-klawth, -kloth ]
/ ˈbækˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

noun, plural backbak·cloths [bak-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈbækˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/. Chiefly British Theater.

backdrop(def 1).

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Origin of back-cloth

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby back-cloth

back yard, back, sack, and crack, back-alley, back-and-forth, back-check, back-cloth, back-end load, back-load, back-mutate, back-order, back-paddle
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Example sentences from the Web for backcloth

  • In Marius the background is merely a backcloth for mental poses plastiques.

    Masques & Phases|Robert Ross

British Dictionary definitions for backcloth

backcloth
/ (ˈbækˌklɒθ) /

noun

a large painted curtain hanging at the back of a stage setAlso called: backdrop
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