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back gray

back gray noun: a piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.

Noun

back gray (plural back grays)

  1. (US, historical) A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.

Forms of back gray

pluralback grays

Questions about back gray

What does back gray mean?
Back gray means a piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.
What part of speech is back gray?
Back gray is a noun.
What is the plural of back gray?
The plural of back gray is back grays.

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