See Also: palaeo-(dictionary)
palaeo-(dictionary)
palaeo-oceanography(dictionary)
Palaeo-Siberian(dictionary)
Palaeo-Indian(dictionary)
Palaeo-Asiatic(dictionary)
prop(2)(dictionary)
prop(1)(dictionary)
prop(4)(dictionary)
prop(5)(dictionary)

palaeo- (oh) and prop(5) (iou)


palaeo- (oh)



another spelling of paleo-

prop(5) (iou)



prop noun5. M19.
[Abbreviation of PROPERTY.]
A portable object Other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or Film; transf. an accessory, an appurtenance. Freq. in pl. M19.
M. Fonteyn A tremendous variety of props..garlands, scarfs..baskets of flowers.
In pl. The department of a theatre etc. responsible for stage props; (treated as sing.) a person in charge of stage props in a theatre etc. colloq. M19.
Comb.: prop man, prop mistress, props man, props mistress, etc.: in charge of stage props in a theatre etc.