dark slide


noun Photography.

Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
a lightproof holder for sheet film or a photographic plate.

Example sentences from the Web for dark slide

  • Moreover, this something evidently had the power of penetrating through the walls of the dark-slide to the plate within.

    The Romance of War Inventions |Thomas W. Corbin