gobo.
A screen (often in disc form) placed between a light and an illuminated actor or object in order to diffuse the glare.
Meaning & usage
A screen (often in disc form) placed between a light and an illuminated actor or object in order to diffuse the glare.
A device used to shield a microphone from extraneous sounds.
A template inserted over a light source to control the shape of the thrown light.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain; possibly from go-b(etween) (“intermediary, middleman”) + -o (suffix forming informal terms).
The taproot of young edible burdock plants (Arctium lappa), eaten as a root vegetable.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Japanese ごぼう, ゴボウ, 牛蒡 (gobō, “burdock (Arctium lappa); burdock root”), from Middle Chinese 牛蒡 (ŋɨu pɑŋ^X, “burdock”) (modern Mandarin 牛蒡 (niúbàng)), from 牛 (ŋɨu, “ox”) + 蒡 (pɑŋ^X, a word only appearing in the compound 牛蒡), possibly because oxen have been observed eating the leaves of the plant when recovering from illness.
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