Back-cloth
backdrop (def 1).
historical examples
but the first act, with the kentish lanes and woods for a back-cloth, must have been charming.
they and i jerome k. jerome
here, a back-cloth with trees and something to do as a fountain basin.
three plays luigi pirandello
i 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 mackenzie
behind these again dropped a back-cloth representing a stone bal-strade, blue hills and fleecy clouds.
punch or the london charivari, vol. 147, july 8, 1914 various
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