Scrim Definition

skrĭm

scrims

noun

A light, sheer, loosely woven cotton or linen cloth, used for curtains, upholstery linings, etc.

Webster's New World

A hanging of such cloth used in theatrical productions either as an opaque backdrop or as a semitransparent curtain, depending on the lighting.

Webster's New World

Something that conceals or obscures something else.

American Heritage

A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.

Wiktionary

Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Scrim

Singular:

scrim

Plural:

scrims

In one of the earliest mentions, "The Statistical Account of Scotland", 1793, by John Sinclair, page 593, we read in a paragraph devoted to weavers: "Besides these, they are now much employed in working a thin kind of coarse linen called Silesias, vulgarly Scrims, whereof each piece is 27 or 30 inches broad ..".

From Wiktionary
Attested since the end of the 18th century. Origin unknown.

From Wiktionary
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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