laid paper

American  

noun

1. paper with fine parallel and cross lines produced in manufacturing.

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laid paper British  

noun

1. paper with a regular mesh impressed upon it by the dandy roller on a paper-making machine Compare wove paper

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Etymology

Origin of laid paper

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

One was laid paper, formed by being stretched across wires that left visible lines spaced about an inch apart.

From Time Magazine Archive

They laid paper over her face, and cut a hole in the paper to expose only her teeth, just as the Philadelphia coroner had done for her father.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Post 8vo, printed on laid paper and hf.-bd., 2s. each.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir

Concerning the laid paper stamps Messrs. Corwin and King say they "must have been among the first issued, as we have seen a copy of the 1 cent, red-brown, postmarked November 27, 1868."

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

New Editions, crown 32mo, printed on antique laid paper, and neatly bound in cloth, price 6d. each; also in paste grain, gilt edges, 1s.

From W.P. Nimmo Catalogue, Selected List, 1890 by Various