back cloth
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A back cloth of ghostly white covers the entire rear wall, and the floor has a bleak, blinding pallor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The back cloth was intentionally too long, so that the bottom was crumpled into folds which did well enough for little waves breaking on the shore.
From Diversions in Sicily by Henry Festing Jones
No. 8.—On highly rolled plate paper, extra strongly bound in half green morocco, lettered on back, cloth sides, gilt edges, no locks or clasps.
From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward James Nankivell
South Africa seems always painted on the back cloth of my Cambridge memories.
From The New Machiavelli by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
No. 68.—On highly rolled plate paper, extra strongly bound in half green morocco, lettered on back, cloth sides, gilt edges, no locks or clasps.
From Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward James Nankivell
