backcloth

2 definitions found

backcloth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  backdrop \back"drop\ n.
     1. the scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain
        backcloth.
  
     Syn: background, backcloth
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. the background, setting, or circumstances of an event; as,
        the backdrop for the summit meeting.
        [PJC]

backcloth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  backcloth
      n 1: scenery hung at back of stage [syn: backdrop,
           background, backcloth]