back lot

noun Movies.
an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
Also, back·lot.


Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism

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Sewer and water lines would be installed both in some of the main roads in the
  area and along some of the back lot lines.
The plaintiffs argued that these back lot owners were violating the plaintiffs'
  riparian rights.
Back lot developments would raise the number of dwellings substantially.
The neighbors manure pile is also along this back lot line and both properties
  abut a farm field.
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