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focusing cloth
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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, fo'c's'le, focus, focused strategy, focus group, focusing cloth, focus puller, fodder, fodderbeet, fodgel, foe
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How to use focusing cloth in a sentence
They had pinned a big focusing cloth over the front of the Angel's light dress.
Freckles|Gene Stratton-PorterThe focusing cloth clung to her head like a cowl as she raised it and bowed.
Tiny Luttrell|Ernest William HornungIn using the apparatus, a focusing cloth, used by all photographers, is useful in excluding stray light.
Visual Signaling|Signal Corps United States ArmyThen the focusing cloth was stretched across the frame and tied down at the corners with more strips from the handkerchief.