back gray

noun

A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.

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Meanings

nounback gray (plural back grays)

plural back grays

  1. UShistoricalbusinessA piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of the print cloth.
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