scrim

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The outside is wrapped with a flowing metal scrim, which is not only beautiful but practical, as it keeps the morning sun off the building.

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  1. noun A durable, loosely woven cotton or linen fabric used for curtains or upholstery lining or in industry.
  2. noun A transparent fabric used as a drop in the theater to create special effects of lights or atmosphere.

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  • She gazed through the fine moth-pocked web as though through a silken scrim or the Bay's accustomed fog. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 02 - August 1994
  • But seeing these random I think it's COD4 guys yelling as loud as they can every time they win a round is funny and shows how much they love to play and be a part of esports … even if its just a round in a scrim, which it was since the tourney hasn't even started. —  GotFrag eSports Stories
  • They acted as a scrim to the softening sunlight, rays shining warm shades of orange and rose that faded to a soft peach along the edges of stray cloud-trails.
  • The cyclone is well-realized via projections on both a backdrop and a downstage scrim, with Dorothy's bouncing house between them, the whirling images circling her. —  California Chronicle
  • A translucent red scrim lifts to reveal the dancers behind and a white semi-transparent scrim is situated farther upstage. —  TheDartmouth.com | America's Oldest College Newspaper. Founded 1799.
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