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backcloth
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun backcloth has 1 sense
- backcloth(n = noun.artifact) backdrop, background - scenery hung at back of stage; Array is a kind of scene, scenery
OXFORD DICTIONARY
backcloth, n. Brit. Theatr. a painted cloth at the back of the stage as a main part of the scenery.
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