gobo

American  

[goh-boh] / ˈgoʊ boʊ /

noun

Movies, Television.

plural

gobos, goboes

1. a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

2. a screen or sheet of sound-absorbent material for shielding a microphone from sounds coming from a particular direction.

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gobo British  

/ ˈɡəʊbəʊ /

noun

1. a shield placed around a microphone to exclude unwanted sounds

2. a black screen placed around a camera lens, television lens, etc, to reduce the incident light

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Etymology

Origin of gobo

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

A scattering of gobo chips on top serves the same function as the potato sticks on a Venezuelan hot dog.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019

They include raw seafood, yaki skewers, okonomiyaki from a cast-iron skillet, plates of fried oysters with smoked yam purée, and grilled mackerel with gobo and umeboshi.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019

They called me gobo ashi, after the long, brown, twiglike root vegetable, gobo.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston