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focusing cloth

focusing cloth noun: a cloth thrown over a camera (and the operator's head and shoulders) to exclude all light except that which comes through the lens.

Noun

focusing cloth (plural focusing cloths)

  1. (historical) A cloth thrown over a camera (and the operator's head and shoulders) to exclude all light except that which comes through the lens.

Forms of focusing cloth

pluralfocusing cloths
alternative formfocussing cloth

Questions about focusing cloth

What does focusing cloth mean?
Focusing cloth means a cloth thrown over a camera (and the operator's head and shoulders) to exclude all light except that which comes through the lens.
What part of speech is focusing cloth?
Focusing cloth is a noun.
What is the plural of focusing cloth?
The plural of focusing cloth is focusing cloths.

Words near focusing cloth in the dictionary

  1. focusedness
  2. focuser
  3. focusers
  4. focuses
  5. focusing
  6. focusing cloth
  7. focusing cloths
  8. focusing screen
  9. focusing screens
  10. focusings
  11. focusless

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