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millboard
[ mil-bawrd, -bohrd ]
noun
Bookbinding.
- a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
millboard
/ ˈɪˌɔː /
noun
- strong pasteboard, used esp in book covers
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of millboard1
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of millboard1
C18: changed from milled board
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He began his career as a painter when a mere boy; though not upon canvas, millboard nor panel, but upon watering-cans.
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A millboard as heavy as the weight of the book will allow must be used.
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Blake when he wanted to make his prints in oil, took a common thick millboard and drew, in some strong ink or colour, his designs upon it strong and thick.
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He pointed to one of a series of woodcuts mounted on millboard and hung against the whitewashed wall, stumped away three or four yards, and then returned.
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The sides of a volume are protected by millboards, called shortly "boards."
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