scrim
noun
ˈskrim 
1
: a durable plain-woven usually cotton fabric for use in clothing, curtains, building, and industry
2
: a theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted
3
: something likened to a theater scrim
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web One, who appears grinning on a scrim, is named Moishe, which is Yiddish for Maurice. 
Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 In this case, Grime has written a compelling and evocative work, one that plays artfully with the trumpet’s wide range of sonorities as grasped through the shifting scrim of orchestral sound. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022 It is often used as a camera filming the actors in close-ups that are projected onto the scrim that fronts the stage. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 17 June 2022 In the hamlet of San Pedro, rising out of a scrim of cornfields and dirt streets, old mud huts give way to showy concrete block houses. Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022 Atop a scrim of strings and chimes, dipping woodwinds and radiant horns, Overton’s voice was both monumental and precariously vulnerable. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 Her goal was to pierce the scrim of anonymity, track the transaction flow from Day 1 and study how the world’s largest cryptoeconomy emerged. New York Times, 4 June 2022 The dark night, by contrast, is retrievable: beyond the insomniac scrim cast up by human activity, the sky is still there, in its pristine, original condition, just waiting to be witnessed. Suzannah Showler, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 The Cube Grant, an inaugural initiative bringing together a guest curator and visual artist to design the exterior scrim of one of our most prominent venues. Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Apr. 2022 See More
Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 In this case, Grime has written a compelling and evocative work, one that plays artfully with the trumpet’s wide range of sonorities as grasped through the shifting scrim of orchestral sound. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2022 It is often used as a camera filming the actors in close-ups that are projected onto the scrim that fronts the stage. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 17 June 2022 In the hamlet of San Pedro, rising out of a scrim of cornfields and dirt streets, old mud huts give way to showy concrete block houses. Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022 Atop a scrim of strings and chimes, dipping woodwinds and radiant horns, Overton’s voice was both monumental and precariously vulnerable. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 Her goal was to pierce the scrim of anonymity, track the transaction flow from Day 1 and study how the world’s largest cryptoeconomy emerged. New York Times, 4 June 2022 The dark night, by contrast, is retrievable: beyond the insomniac scrim cast up by human activity, the sky is still there, in its pristine, original condition, just waiting to be witnessed. Suzannah Showler, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 The Cube Grant, an inaugural initiative bringing together a guest curator and visual artist to design the exterior scrim of one of our most prominent venues. Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
origin unknown
First Known Use
1793, in the meaning defined at sense 1