Backcloth

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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