softwall

English

Etymology

From soft +‎ wall.

Adjective

softwall (not comparable)

1. Made from lightweight flexible materials.
   • 1966, Pit & Quarry, page 74:

     Floating wire hardwall, softwall, and corrugated hardwall constructions are available in a variety of cover materials, such as neoprene, natural rubber, butyl, which the manufacturer reports meet practically every application requirement in the bulk materials handling field.

   • 1976, Broadcast Engineering, page 34:

     Softwall flats are an excellent not restricted by the chroma key locale. […] Another approach to combining hard or softwall is illustrated in Figure 4.

   • 2003, Herbert Zettl, Television Production Handbook, 8th edition, Thomson/Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 370:

     Although television stations and non-broadcast production houses use hardwall scenery almost exclusively, softwall scenery is more practical for high-school and college television operations.

Coordinate terms

• hardwall