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go⋅bo

[goh-boh]
–noun, plural -bos, -boes. Movies, Television.
1. a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
2. a screen or sheet of sound-absorbent material for shielding a microphone from sounds coming from a particular direction.

Origin:
1925–30, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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