backdrop (redirected from backdropping)

back·drop  (bkdrp)

n.

1. A painted cloth hung at the back of a stage set. Also called backcloth.

2. The setting, as of a historical event; the background.

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Noun

1.

backdrop - scenery hung at back of stage         backcloth, background scenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"