gobo

[ goh-boh ]

noun

, Movies, Television.

, plural go·bos, go·boes.

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.

gobo

/ ˈɡəʊbəʊ /

noun

1. a shield placed around a microphone to exclude unwanted sounds
2. a black screen placed around a camera lens, television lens, etc, to reduce the incident light

Word History and Origins

Origin of gobo¹

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of gobo¹

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

One such app, called Gobo and developed by MIT Media Lab, is set for release next month.

From New York Times

One such app, called Gobo and developed by MIT Media Lab, is set for release next month.

From New York Times

The main Fraggles are back in the welcome reboot, characters like Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober and Red.

From Salon

While Uncle Traveling Matt is going “back” to Outer Space, in the opening episode of “Back to the Rock” he shows Gobo the portal as if for the first time — though the character spent the first series sneaking through it to grab his uncle’s postcards out of the trash.

From Los Angeles Times

The sushi roll kit comes with rice, seasoning for the rice and a rolling mat; sheets of nori; ginger, wasabi, shiso, gobo, slivered avocado, cucumber and other vegetables; and a copious quantity of high-quality frozen fish, including hamachi, yellowfin tuna and salmon.

From New York Times