back lot

or backlot

noun

, Movies.

1. an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of back lot¹

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

Example Sentences

"That's Pete Moser, he's out in the back lot plowin'," a half dozen voices responded.

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Bending low he hurled himself at them as he had done when playing football on a back lot.

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They were regular humbugs; and so the mob took them, and tarred and feathered them in the back lot.

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If you have visions of seeing Phil chased over the back lot by any stepmother, you have another guess coming.

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"Bart, I've some wheat to be threshed in the barn on the back lot," said the Senator as I was leaving them.

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