scrimn.

Brit.

/skrɪm/, U.S.

/skrɪm/, Scottish English

/skrɪm/

Forms: 1700s– scrim, 1900s– skrim.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. It has been suggested that this word is shortened < scrimp-claith ( < scrimp adj. + claith , Scots variant of cloth n.), with reference to the narrow width and loose texture of the fabric. However, no such compound is attested.

a. Originally Scottish. An open-weave fabric, originally a thin canvas, later a fabric of various weights, typically of cotton, jute, or linen, used for a range of purposes in upholstery, bookbinding, building, etc., esp. as a lining or for reinforcing something. Also as a count noun: a piece or type of this fabric.In early use sometimes in plural form, but corresponding in sense to the mass noun use (see quot. 1875).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > canvas > thin or fine

pickling1415

Russia duck1761

scrim1793

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 514 There was no cloth made at Forfar, but a few yard-wides, called Scrims.

1864 A. J. Warden Linen Trade ii. 525 The scrims were a very narrow Linen cloth, of different qualities, and generally sold unbleached.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Scrims, thin canvas glued on the inside of a panel to keep it from cracking or breaking.

1884 Gardening Illustr. 25 Oct. 400/2 Early in the season, in order to check draughts, it is a good plan to cover the ventilators over with a coarse scrim or canvas.

1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell xiii. 199 The huge spoil-dumps were camouflaged with green boughs and scrim.

1942 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery (ed. 2) 97 Scrim. The coarse textured net fabric used for attaching to the glued backs of cheap cased-in books.

1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 45 Chamois is useless: scrim's what you want, for a scientifically cleaned window.

2008 M. Hopkins Upholstery 145 The space between the back and the seat should be filled sufficiently so that no gap is visible when the scrim is applied.

b. Plastering. A coarse scrim (sense 1a) in narrow widths, typically on a roll, used to stabilize joints between boards before applying plaster; (later) a fibreglass self-adhesive mesh used for this purpose.

ΚΠ

1935 Architect 18 Jan. 114/3 The board mentioned..has proved very successful if skimmed with a suitable fast-setting finishing plaster, especially when the joints have been covered with scrim.

1944 D. E. Warland Teach yourself Constructional Details x. 130 Scrim is a linen gauze which is used for uniting units of plaster-work.

1991 R. Matthews Pract. House Building iii. xii. 79/1 Pull the scrim out along the joint with one hand, drawing the trowel along behind it to press the scrim into place.

2007 A. Watkins et al. Plastering vii. 205 You will also need a scrim (jute), usually 75 or 90 mm wide.., for reinforcing the joints between the boards.

c. A mesh of polyester, nylon, glass fibres, etc., used as a reinforcing layer in a composite material.

ΚΠ

1959 Composite Constr. Flight Vehicles: Pt. I (U.S. Dept. Defense) 15/2 The recent trend is to supply the adhesives in the form of unsupported films for metal bonding, or as tapes with the adhesive supported on wide-mesh nylon or glass-fabric scrim cloth for bonding sandwich constructions.

1970 New Society 5 Mar. 386/1 One technique, SRM (scrim-reinforced material), uses heat to laminate a scrim of random-laid fibres to wadding; the heat reactivates the bonding glue.

1980 Field & Stream Sept. 91/1 The fibers are bound together by special resins..and are formed around a .004-inch thickness of woven-glass scrim, with a special graphite sleeve ferrule.

2009 Material Handling Managem. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 41 The white [roofing] membrane product, however, is reinforced with a polyester scrim.

2. A thin, gauze-like, typically cream or white fabric used to make curtains, blinds, etc. Also: a blind or curtain made from this fabric. Cf. window scrim n. at window n. Compounds 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > thin, light, or delicate > for other uses

balloon cloth1849

scrim1880

balloon fabric1881

window scrim1887

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > net or lace curtain

lace curtain1824

net curtain1851

scrim1880

window scrim1913

1880 Harper's Bazar 21 Feb. 126/1 What is called scrim will be suitable for your vestibule curtains. It is sheer cream white linen, with stripes like hem-stitching woven in it.

1915 E. G. Pilling Diary 21 Jan. in Anzac Memory (1933) 119 Look out of the broken, scrim-covered window across fields white with snow.

1932 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 14 May 12/7 Ivory scrims with all-over colored dots...Standard size. Pair $1.00.

1950 Jrnl. Amer. Assoc. Health, Physical Educ., & Recreation Feb. 115/1 Various types of scrim and other lace curtain materials.

2009 J. Nayar et al. Staged to Sell v. 112/1 Covering windows with shades, Venetian blinds, shutters or scrims can help control natural light.

a. Theatre.

(a) An open-weave fabric used to make screens or backcloths (see sense 3a(b)).

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > projection > [noun] > screen

scrim1891

cinema screen1912

movie screen1912

widescreen1920

silver screen1924

bead screen1934

screen1952

split screen1953

pinscreen1959

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights > screen

medium1859

scrim1891

gobo1923

1891 Era 20 June 5/2 (advt.) Contractor to..all the Principal Theatres. Scrims, Grass Cloths, Transparencies, Gauze, Stage Sets, Blocks, &c., at unequalled low prices.

1928 A. E. Krows Equipm. Stage Production vii. 90 The foliage..is painted on a canvas drop..and, after being cut away, is mounted..to a curtain made of a coarse netting called scrim.

1987 T. Howe Coastal Disturbances 100 There's something wonderfully audacious about setting a play on a beach...Only four elements are needed, and none of them cost very much—sand, scrim, paint and light.

2009 J. Listengarten in C. A. White Directors & Designers vii. 104 Mielziner saw..the possibility of introducing the principle of simultaneity of interior and exterior scenes on stage through the use of scrim.

(b) A screen or backcloth made from an open-weave fabric which appears opaque until lit from behind, typically used to create different spaces on a stage set.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > cloth > types of

sky-border1744

skydrop1854

skycloth1871

sea-cloth1883

cut cloth1884

front cloth1884

backcloth1886

backdrop1913

cyclorama1915

teaser1916

scrim1930

cut drop1961

1930 C. Tree Major Playing Theatre 255 A scrim painted exactly in duplication of the back of the fireplace is hung just behind the fire log.

1949 N. Coward Diary 27 Dec. (2000) 138 I am going to do the whole thing virtually in one set—the night-club. There can be a couple of insets and a scrim if I need them.

1975 New Yorker 26 May 90/2 The Prince and the Lilac Fairy get into a boat that remains motionless as a scrim painted with leaves and branches moves sideways across the stage.

1993 Shakespeare Bull. Summer 11/3 Annabella's bed chamber, revealed behind a scrim, has an unearthly inner dimension.

2007 Opera Now Mar. 87/2 Two scrims, one in front and one at the rear of the stage allowed three-dimensional film images.

b. Cinematography and Photography. A screen designed to reduce the intensity or harshness of light; spec. (a) a wire mesh screen that fits in front of the lens of an electrical light; (b) a white gauze panel used to diffuse light, esp. when filming or taking photographs outdoors. Also (and in earliest use): the wire mesh or gauze material from which such screens are made.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming equipment > [noun] > masks or screens

gobo1923

nigger1925

matte1938

scrim1950

1950 W. H. Wilson & K. B. Haas Film Bk. Gloss. 237 Scrim. Gauze used to diffuse light.

1957 V. J. Kehoe Technique Film & Television Make-up i. 17 A spotlight to add highlight to the cheekbone, with a scrim over the light to soften the beam.

1957 H. T. Baumbach et al. Elem. Color in Professional Motion Pictures vii. 65/1 The use of a ‘scrim’—a large, white, cheesecloth screen—between the sun and the subject will soften the shadow lines.

1979 SMPTE Jrnl. Jan. 20/2 The intensity of a spotlight can be reduced by changing its distance from the subject.., but shadows cast by a source with scrim on it are no different than those without the scrim.

1992 M. Crichton Rising Sun 223 Get a scrim there, the sun is too bright.

2003 Amer. Photo May 28/3 Mecey demonstrates various lighting setups involving..everything from strip softboxes to gridspots to flags and scrims.

4. North American. figurative and in extended use: something which conceals, covers, or hides; a veil, a screen.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun]

shadowc1200

blindfolding?c1225

coverturec1374

hiding1382

veilc1384

palliation?c1425

covert1574

panoply1576

hoodwink1577

mask1597

cover1600

screena1616

pretexture1618

purdah1621

subterfuge1621

tecture1624

coverlet1628

domino1836

face shield1842

concealment1847

protective colouring1873

camouflage1885

protective coloration1892

smokescreen1926

cover-up1927

scrim1942

marzipan1945

1942 C. Morley Thorofare v. 57 Between the parallel columns hung a blue scrim of illusion.

a1963 S. Plath Crossing Water (1971) 37 The salt Scrim of a sea breeze.

1977 Time 6 June 10/2 The full story of Podgorny's dismissal may remain forever behind the scrim that veils the Kremlin's backstage dramas.

1990 B. Gill N.Y. Life ii. 28 Though Sonnenberg had strong feelings..,he nearly always preferred to disguise them behind a scrim of bantering.

2008 New Yorker 5 May 63/3 The wind stirred the snow into a scrim that bleached the mountains and made opaline dawn skies.

Compounds

General attributive and appositive (in senses 1, 2), as scrim canvas, scrim cloth, scrim curtain, etc.

ΚΠ

1851 Times 29 May 2/1 (advt.) Bunting and scrim canvas for wall fruit.

1868 J. Sherer Rural Life 952/2 There should be connected with them a material called scrimcloth—a sort of thin canvas, admitting light very freely, yet, of itself, sufficiently capable to ward off frosts of ordinary severity.

1885 N.Y. Weekly Sun 13 May 6/7 White goods, scrim curtains and table damasks have a fairly liberal outlet.

1913 Garden 13 Dec. 625/1 Chrysanthemums may stand out..until the beginning of November, especially if a piece of scrim canvas is placed over them at night.

1988 DIY Today Apr. 45/1 Repairs to wider cracks will need to be supported with scrim tape.

2001 B. MacMahon & A. Finnerty Archit. E. Austral. 172/1 Stark scrim blinds, black granite floors and white, translucent glass screens give these rooms a contemporary, Modernist edge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scrim
释义	scrimn. Brit. /skrɪm/, U.S. /skrɪm/, Scottish English /skrɪm/ Forms: 1700s– scrim, 1900s– skrim. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. It has been suggested that this word is shortened < scrimp-claith ( < scrimp adj. + claith , Scots variant of cloth n.), with reference to the narrow width and loose texture of the fabric. However, no such compound is attested. 1. a. Originally Scottish. An open-weave fabric, originally a thin canvas, later a fabric of various weights, typically of cotton, jute, or linen, used for a range of purposes in upholstery, bookbinding, building, etc., esp. as a lining or for reinforcing something. Also as a count noun: a piece or type of this fabric.In early use sometimes in plural form, but corresponding in sense to the mass noun use (see quot. 1875). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > canvas > thin or fine pickling1415 Russia duck1761 scrim1793 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 514 There was no cloth made at Forfar, but a few yard-wides, called Scrims. 1864 A. J. Warden Linen Trade ii. 525 The scrims were a very narrow Linen cloth, of different qualities, and generally sold unbleached. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Scrims, thin canvas glued on the inside of a panel to keep it from cracking or breaking. 1884 Gardening Illustr. 25 Oct. 400/2 Early in the season, in order to check draughts, it is a good plan to cover the ventilators over with a coarse scrim or canvas. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell xiii. 199 The huge spoil-dumps were camouflaged with green boughs and scrim. 1942 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery (ed. 2) 97 Scrim. The coarse textured net fabric used for attaching to the glued backs of cheap cased-in books. 1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 45 Chamois is useless: scrim's what you want, for a scientifically cleaned window. 2008 M. Hopkins Upholstery 145 The space between the back and the seat should be filled sufficiently so that no gap is visible when the scrim is applied. b. Plastering. A coarse scrim (sense 1a) in narrow widths, typically on a roll, used to stabilize joints between boards before applying plaster; (later) a fibreglass self-adhesive mesh used for this purpose. ΚΠ 1935 Architect 18 Jan. 114/3 The board mentioned..has proved very successful if skimmed with a suitable fast-setting finishing plaster, especially when the joints have been covered with scrim. 1944 D. E. Warland Teach yourself Constructional Details x. 130 Scrim is a linen gauze which is used for uniting units of plaster-work. 1991 R. Matthews Pract. House Building iii. xii. 79/1 Pull the scrim out along the joint with one hand, drawing the trowel along behind it to press the scrim into place. 2007 A. Watkins et al. Plastering vii. 205 You will also need a scrim (jute), usually 75 or 90 mm wide.., for reinforcing the joints between the boards. c. A mesh of polyester, nylon, glass fibres, etc., used as a reinforcing layer in a composite material. ΚΠ 1959 Composite Constr. Flight Vehicles: Pt. I (U.S. Dept. Defense) 15/2 The recent trend is to supply the adhesives in the form of unsupported films for metal bonding, or as tapes with the adhesive supported on wide-mesh nylon or glass-fabric scrim cloth for bonding sandwich constructions. 1970 New Society 5 Mar. 386/1 One technique, SRM (scrim-reinforced material), uses heat to laminate a scrim of random-laid fibres to wadding; the heat reactivates the bonding glue. 1980 Field & Stream Sept. 91/1 The fibers are bound together by special resins..and are formed around a .004-inch thickness of woven-glass scrim, with a special graphite sleeve ferrule. 2009 Material Handling Managem. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 41 The white [roofing] membrane product, however, is reinforced with a polyester scrim. 2. A thin, gauze-like, typically cream or white fabric used to make curtains, blinds, etc. Also: a blind or curtain made from this fabric. Cf. window scrim n. at window n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > thin, light, or delicate > for other uses balloon cloth1849 scrim1880 balloon fabric1881 window scrim1887 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > curtain > net or lace curtain lace curtain1824 net curtain1851 scrim1880 window scrim1913 1880 Harper's Bazar 21 Feb. 126/1 What is called scrim will be suitable for your vestibule curtains. It is sheer cream white linen, with stripes like hem-stitching woven in it. 1915 E. G. Pilling Diary 21 Jan. in Anzac Memory (1933) 119 Look out of the broken, scrim-covered window across fields white with snow. 1932 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 14 May 12/7 Ivory scrims with all-over colored dots...Standard size. Pair $1.00. 1950 Jrnl. Amer. Assoc. Health, Physical Educ., & Recreation Feb. 115/1 Various types of scrim and other lace curtain materials. 2009 J. Nayar et al. Staged to Sell v. 112/1 Covering windows with shades, Venetian blinds, shutters or scrims can help control natural light. 3. a. Theatre. (a) An open-weave fabric used to make screens or backcloths (see sense 3a(b)). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > projection > [noun] > screen scrim1891 cinema screen1912 movie screen1912 widescreen1920 silver screen1924 bead screen1934 screen1952 split screen1953 pinscreen1959 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights > screen medium1859 scrim1891 gobo1923 1891 Era 20 June 5/2 (advt.) Contractor to..all the Principal Theatres. Scrims, Grass Cloths, Transparencies, Gauze, Stage Sets, Blocks, &c., at unequalled low prices. 1928 A. E. Krows Equipm. Stage Production vii. 90 The foliage..is painted on a canvas drop..and, after being cut away, is mounted..to a curtain made of a coarse netting called scrim. 1987 T. Howe Coastal Disturbances 100 There's something wonderfully audacious about setting a play on a beach...Only four elements are needed, and none of them cost very much—sand, scrim, paint and light. 2009 J. Listengarten in C. A. White Directors & Designers vii. 104 Mielziner saw..the possibility of introducing the principle of simultaneity of interior and exterior scenes on stage through the use of scrim. (b) A screen or backcloth made from an open-weave fabric which appears opaque until lit from behind, typically used to create different spaces on a stage set. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > cloth > types of sky-border1744 skydrop1854 skycloth1871 sea-cloth1883 cut cloth1884 front cloth1884 backcloth1886 backdrop1913 cyclorama1915 teaser1916 scrim1930 cut drop1961 1930 C. Tree Major Playing Theatre 255 A scrim painted exactly in duplication of the back of the fireplace is hung just behind the fire log. 1949 N. Coward Diary 27 Dec. (2000) 138 I am going to do the whole thing virtually in one set—the night-club. There can be a couple of insets and a scrim if I need them. 1975 New Yorker 26 May 90/2 The Prince and the Lilac Fairy get into a boat that remains motionless as a scrim painted with leaves and branches moves sideways across the stage. 1993 Shakespeare Bull. Summer 11/3 Annabella's bed chamber, revealed behind a scrim, has an unearthly inner dimension. 2007 Opera Now Mar. 87/2 Two scrims, one in front and one at the rear of the stage allowed three-dimensional film images. b. Cinematography and Photography. A screen designed to reduce the intensity or harshness of light; spec. (a) a wire mesh screen that fits in front of the lens of an electrical light; (b) a white gauze panel used to diffuse light, esp. when filming or taking photographs outdoors. Also (and in earliest use): the wire mesh or gauze material from which such screens are made. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming equipment > [noun] > masks or screens gobo1923 nigger1925 matte1938 scrim1950 1950 W. H. Wilson & K. B. Haas Film Bk. Gloss. 237 Scrim. Gauze used to diffuse light. 1957 V. J. Kehoe Technique Film & Television Make-up i. 17 A spotlight to add highlight to the cheekbone, with a scrim over the light to soften the beam. 1957 H. T. Baumbach et al. Elem. Color in Professional Motion Pictures vii. 65/1 The use of a ‘scrim’—a large, white, cheesecloth screen—between the sun and the subject will soften the shadow lines. 1979 SMPTE Jrnl. Jan. 20/2 The intensity of a spotlight can be reduced by changing its distance from the subject.., but shadows cast by a source with scrim on it are no different than those without the scrim. 1992 M. Crichton Rising Sun 223 Get a scrim there, the sun is too bright. 2003 Amer. Photo May 28/3 Mecey demonstrates various lighting setups involving..everything from strip softboxes to gridspots to flags and scrims. 4. North American. figurative and in extended use: something which conceals, covers, or hides; a veil, a screen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] shadowc1200 blindfolding?c1225 coverturec1374 hiding1382 veilc1384 palliation?c1425 covert1574 panoply1576 hoodwink1577 mask1597 cover1600 screena1616 pretexture1618 purdah1621 subterfuge1621 tecture1624 coverlet1628 domino1836 face shield1842 concealment1847 protective colouring1873 camouflage1885 protective coloration1892 smokescreen1926 cover-up1927 scrim1942 marzipan1945 1942 C. Morley Thorofare v. 57 Between the parallel columns hung a blue scrim of illusion. a1963 S. Plath Crossing Water (1971) 37 The salt Scrim of a sea breeze. 1977 Time 6 June 10/2 The full story of Podgorny's dismissal may remain forever behind the scrim that veils the Kremlin's backstage dramas. 1990 B. Gill N.Y. Life ii. 28 Though Sonnenberg had strong feelings..,he nearly always preferred to disguise them behind a scrim of bantering. 2008 New Yorker 5 May 63/3 The wind stirred the snow into a scrim that bleached the mountains and made opaline dawn skies. Compounds General attributive and appositive (in senses 1, 2), as scrim canvas, scrim cloth, scrim curtain, etc. ΚΠ 1851 Times 29 May 2/1 (advt.) Bunting and scrim canvas for wall fruit. 1868 J. Sherer Rural Life 952/2 There should be connected with them a material called scrimcloth—a sort of thin canvas, admitting light very freely, yet, of itself, sufficiently capable to ward off frosts of ordinary severity. 1885 N.Y. Weekly Sun 13 May 6/7 White goods, scrim curtains and table damasks have a fairly liberal outlet. 1913 Garden 13 Dec. 625/1 Chrysanthemums may stand out..until the beginning of November, especially if a piece of scrim canvas is placed over them at night. 1988 DIY Today Apr. 45/1 Repairs to wider cracks will need to be supported with scrim tape. 2001 B. MacMahon & A. Finnerty Archit. E. Austral. 172/1 Stark scrim blinds, black granite floors and white, translucent glass screens give these rooms a contemporary, Modernist edge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scrimv. Brit. /skrɪm/, U.S. /skrɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: scrim n. Etymology: < scrim n. transitive. To cover, reinforce, or screen (something) using a scrim (in various senses). Also figurative: to veil, partially obscure. Also with up. ΚΠ 1892 E. S. Brookes Frontier Life xviii. 163 The building was..lined on the inside, and doubly papered and scrimmed. 1902 Jrnl. Legislative Council New Zealand No. 2 116 The lessee will..paper the rooms of the said hotel with suitable paper, scrimming the same where necessary. 1956 E. Molloy Builders' & Decorators' Ref. Bk. §22. 13 (table) Joints should be scrimmed unless fibreboard lath is used. 1976 Amer. Cinematographer (Electronic ed.) Sept. We got around [changing weather conditions]..however we could, by matching to a dull location, scrimming the sun. 1991 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 7 Jan. Even the stately Empress Hotel in balmy Victoria is scrimmed through snowflakes. 2014 R. Benson Valley xx. 133 The days..are spent on drills, training, guard patrols, parades, and scrimming up vehicles with yellow camouflage net. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793v.1892
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scrimn.

Compounds

scrimv.