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Definition of Set piece
1. Noun. A piece of scenery intended to stand alone as part of the stage setting.
Definition of Set piece
1. Noun. a piece of freestanding stage scenery ¹
2. Noun. any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation ¹
3. Noun. an elaborate action scene in a movie or video game ¹
4. Noun. (football) any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set Piece
Literary usage of Set piece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice: A Comedy by William Shakespeare, David Belasco (1922)
"Across Stage at Back, about on line of Second Entrance, Wall with Three Arches (Three
Arch set piece), backed by draperies. A Large Hanging Light, C., ..."
2. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"It is the only " set piece " that is suspended in the flies when not in use.
Hennequin tersely describes the set piece as any structure built out from a ..."
3. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"It is the only " set piece " that is suspended in the flies when not in use.
Hennequin tersely describes the set piece as any structure built out from a ..."
4. A History of the Town of Keene from 1732: When the Township was Granted by by Simon Goodell Griffin, Frank H. Whitcomb, Jr Octavius Applegate (1904)
"The first set piece read "1753 Keene 1903." The second piece was that of a magic
... The sixth set piece was called "The Star of the Union" and was in ..."
5. The American Amateur Photographer (1890)
"A common blue light is then held momentarily at each point in succession where
in a regular set piece a lance would be fixed. If the shutter is left open as ..."
6. Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson, American School of Home Economics (1911)
"The on-set piece and facing may be cut from one piece, but the fitting is more
troublesome. In figured goods, the piece set on should match the pattern ..."
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