back lot

or backlot

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nounMovies.
  1. an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.

Origin of back lot

1
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

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How to use back lot in a sentence

  • "That's Pete Moser, he's out in the back lot plowin'," a half dozen voices responded.

    The Four Pools Mystery | Jean Webster
  • Bending low he hurled himself at them as he had done when playing football on a back lot.

  • They were regular humbugs; and so the mob took them, and tarred and feathered them in the back lot.

    Round the Block | John Bell Bouton
  • If you have visions of seeing Phil chased over the back lot by any stepmother, you have another guess coming.

    Otherwise Phyllis | Meredith Nicholson
  • "Bart, I've some wheat to be threshed in the barn on the back lot," said the Senator as I was leaving them.

    The Light in the Clearing | Irving Bacheller

British Dictionary definitions for backlot

backlot

/ (ˈbækˌlɒt) /


noun
  1. an area outside a film or television studio used for outdoor filming

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