back cloth
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A back cloth of ghostly white covers the entire rear wall, and the floor has a bleak, blinding pallor.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would have the ruthless Flavius seated on a curule chair of ivory, draped with purple, erected before a portico painted on the back cloth.
From The Aspirations of Jean Servien by France, Anatole
No. 68.—On highly rolled plate paper, extra strongly bound in half green morocco, lettered on back, cloth sides, gilt edges, no locks or clasps.
From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Nankivell, Edward James
The back cloth was intentionally too long, so that the bottom was crumpled into folds which did well enough for little waves breaking on the shore.
From Diversions in Sicily by Jones, Henry Festing
One of my ideas is to treat it as the back cloth of a stage, and paint a vista on it.
From If I May by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
