Appears in: ‘The Starry Sky’ of Wyndham Lewis
Frequency: 1
Definition: (noun) – 1) a circular picture of a 360° scene, viewed from inside; a cloth stretched tight in an arc around the back of a stage set, often used to depict the sky. (OED)
A Lexicon from Mina Loy's 1923 "Lunar Baedecker"