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Definition of Backcloth
1. Noun. Scenery hung at back of stage.
Definition of Backcloth
1. Noun. the painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backcloth
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backcloth
Literary usage of Backcloth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"The blanket, backcloth, and fabric are circulated as follows :—At the four angles
formed by the three tables, D, are rollers, 1, armed on their surface with ..."
2. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1902)
"... let slowly sink one after the other with due regard to the musical tempo,
until at last a rose-hued backcloth completed the illusion; after the scene in ..."
3. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1902)
"... let slowly sink one after the other with due regard to the musical tempo,
until at last a rose-hued backcloth completed the illusion; after the scene ..."
4. Practical Hints on Playwriting by Agnes Platt (1920)
"In the same way up C. or down C. means up towards the centre of the backcloth or
down towards the centre of the footlights. backcloth. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"They stand before a backcloth that has not only the dimensions of height and
breadth, but that of thickness, ..."
6. The Theatre of Max Reinhardt by Huntly Carter (1914)
"... in such a way that the tinted light is diffused instead of being focussed upon
certain points, say the backcloth, or the bald head of the leading man. ..."
7. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1858)
"... backcloth is made. There the count's Latin was woven too." This incident
afterward caused all such Latiu to be designated by the name, Hechingen Latin. ..."
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