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scrim
[ skrim ]
noun
- a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
- Theater. a piece of such fabric used as a drop, border, or the like, for creating the illusion of a solid wall or backdrop under certain lighting conditions or creating a semitransparent curtain when lit from behind.
scrim
/ skrɪm /
noun
- an open-weave muslin or hessian fabric, used in upholstery, lining, building, and in the theatre to create the illusion of a solid wall or to suggest haziness, etc, according to the lighting
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrim1
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrim1
Example Sentences
In this enormous projection piece, Eliasson unfurls a phantasmagoria of shifting shapes and amorphous space across a vast fabric scrim stretched between the walls of a large, darkened museum gallery.
The audience could see me through the scrim, but they couldn’t hear us.
A fabric scrim is stretched across nearly the entire width of a large, darkened gallery, and it reaches almost from the floor to the high ceiling.
A massive advertising scrim, the curtain served as a historical piece, showcasing Japanese American businesses that were in Seattle in the early 1900s.
He took the front off the building and put in a scrim and let the light do what it did.
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