backcloth

noun

back·​cloth ˈbak-ˌklȯth 

chiefly British

: backdrop

Examples of backcloth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Morris’s giant vertical beam traverses back and forth across the front of the stage, shining on the backcloth and the dancers in its path. — Melissa Harris, The New York Review of Books, 11 Jan. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for backcloth

• broadcloth
• cheesecloth
• loincloth
• neckcloth
• oilcloth
• sackcloth
• washcloth
• zeroth
• broth
• cloth
• doth
• froth