Macbeth trap

English

Etymology

Named after Shakespeare's play Macbeth.

Noun

Macbeth trap (plural Macbeth traps)

  1. (theater) A kind of stage trapdoor rigged to drop below floor level and slide to one side.

References
  • 1965, Charles Stuart Packard, Palaces in the Wilderness (page 18)
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