Backcloth
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
"Every day the coast looked the same, as though we had not moved; but we passed various places - trading places - with names like Gran’ Bassam, Little Popo, names that seemed to belong to some sordid farce acted in front of a sinister backcloth."
- 2 scenery hung at back of stage wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"Every day the coast looked the same, as though we had not moved; but we passed various places - trading places - with names like Gran’ Bassam, Little Popo, names that seemed to belong to some sordid farce acted in front of a sinister backcloth."
Etymology
From back + cloth.
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