back-cloth
[ bak-klawth, -kloth ]
/ ˈbækˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /
noun, plural backbak·cloths [bak-klawth z, -kloth z, -klawths, -kloths] /ˈbækˌklɔðz, -ˌklɒðz, -ˌklɔθs, -ˌklɒθs/. Chiefly British Theater.
Origin of back-cloth
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby back-cloth
back yard,
back, sack, and crack,
back-alley,
back-and-forth,
back-check,
back-cloth,
back-end load,
back-load,
back-mutate,
back-order,
back-paddle
Example sentences from the Web for back-cloth
Here, a back-cloth with trees and something to do as a fountain basin.
Three Plays |Luigi PirandelloBut the first act, with the Kentish lanes and woods for a back-cloth, must have been charming.
They and I |Jerome K. JeromeI want the back-cloth to be a city, not to represent a city, mark you, but to be a city.
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett |Compton MackenzieBehind these again dropped a back-cloth representing a stone balustrade, blue hills and fleecy clouds.