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border light

American  
Or borderlight

noun

Theater.

  1. a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.

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On the stage, between the curtain line and first border light, are the first entrances, known as left first entrance and right first entrance.

From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Wayburn, Ned

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