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scruto Theatr.|ˈskruːtəʊ| [Of obscure origin.] A spring trap-door, made of strips of wood or whalebone, flush with the floor of the stage. Also attrib.
1853Punch XXIV. 128/2 The working of various mysterious engines of machinery called ‘sloats’ and ‘scruto-pieces’. 1859Ibid. XXXVI. 58/2 Gorgeous transformations, on which..scruto-work, gas-battens, and all the resources of ‘sink and fly’, have been lavished. 1861Ibid. XL. 14/1 A land of..scruto-work and profiling, And shivering coryphées. |