focusing cloth

noun

an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.

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Origin of focusing cloth

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby focusing cloth

focsani, focus, focus group, focus puller, focused strategy, focusing cloth, focusing screen, fodder, fodderbeet, fodgel, foe
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