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.
Origin of focusing cloth
1First recorded in 1850–55
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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.
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