backcloth

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

backcloth
    n 1: scenery hung at back of stage [syn: {backdrop},
         {background}, {backcloth}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

backdrop \back"drop\ n.
   1. the scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain
      {backcloth}.

   Syn: background, backcloth
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. the background, setting, or circumstances of an event; as,
      the backdrop for the summit meeting.
      [PJC]