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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1930, American English, Hollywood movie set slang, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow from go-between.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context film television English) A disc placed between a light and the illuminated object or actor in order to diffuse the glare. 2 (context theatre English) A template inserted over a light source in order to control the shape of the thrown light. 3 A device used to shield a microphone from extraneous sounds. Etymology 2
n. The taproot of young burdock plants, eaten as a root vegetable.
Wikipedia
Gobo may refer to:
- Gobo (lighting), a template used to control the shape of emitted light
- Gobo (recording), a movable acoustic isolation panel
- Gobo, Wakayama, a city located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
- Gobo, Cameroon, a commune in Cameroon
- GoboLinux, a Linux distribution
- Gobo Fraggle, a character in the television series Fraggle Rock
- Gobo, a character in Bambi, A Life in the Woods
- GobÅ, a biennial plant
A gobo (or GOBO) is a physical stencil or template that is placed inside or in front of a light source, to control the shape of the emitted light. They are often used with stage lighting instruments to manipulate the shape of the light which is cast over a space or object. A metal gobo with patterned holes allows only the desired shape or pattern of light through, casting a specific pattern of light and shadow into the space.
Though the term "gobo" has come to generally refer to any device which produces patterns of light and shadow, and various pieces of equipment that go before a light (such as a gobo arm or gobo head), in theatrical lighting applications the term more specifically refers to a device placed in 'the gate' or at the 'point of focus' between the light source and the lenses (or other optics). This placement is important because it allows a pattern with crisp, sharp edges to be projected (for logos, fine detail, architecture, etc.). Gobos placed after the optics do not have the option of such fine focus, and are more precisely called " flags" or " cucoloris" ("cookies").
Gobo is a slang term used by sound recording engineers to refer to a movable acoustic isolation panel.
An acoustics gobo is parallel in use to a photography gobo, which is used to block direct light sources, and also shares its name with the stage lighting gobo. The origin of the term "gobo" is obscure, but is most likely short for "go-between." The gobo was invented by Charles Norris Hoyle, and was originally a product of TayTrix.
Usage examples of "gobo".
Seemingly bored, Gobo rested in a shaded litter and watched a slave ready the scales to weigh the ransom geld.
Wherever they struck, Gobo let some escape to bear terror before them.
Perhaps Gobo alone of the grim and joyful riders, as he sat like a lump of poisoned suet on the trove of his gold, thought of ruling the world.
In disarray and valor-drained, the host of Gobo stuttered to the attack.
Kat adjusted the primary gobo lamp at his far left to add more definition to the shadow cast by the impressive ridge of his cock.
Kat adjusted the gobo to highlight the fine hairs covering his ass and disappearing into the recesses of his crack.
We relied on lighting changes and use of different areas and levels, together with appropriate window gobos for the castle and dungeon scenes and a green follow-spot for the late King Verence.