headground
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of head + background.
Noun edit
headground (plural headgrounds)
- (photography, dated) A background used for a headshot.
- 1922, Abel's Photographic Weekly - Volume 30, Issues 776-783[1], page 567:
- One Hollywood Flood-Lite was used, subdued to 20 amperes and screened by lowering the Lite back of a small headground, until detail in the composition was almost lost to the eye.
- 1927, American Photography - Volume 21[2], page 12:
- But a card table was folded up and made as fine a headground as one could wish.