millboard

American  

[mil-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈmɪlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

Bookbinding.

1. a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.

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millboard British  

/ ˈmɪlˌbɔːd /

noun

1. strong pasteboard, used esp in book covers

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Etymology

Origin of millboard

First recorded in 1705–15; mill(ed) + board

Example Sentences

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millboard

So the June rule ensures that any U.S. companies who want to use asbestos in all its nonbanned uses—products like reinforced plastics, millboard, floor tiles, and roofing felt—are subject to EPA review.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2018

Strips of asbestos millboard are placed on a shelf half way up the oven.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen

These evil results may always be minimized by placing a piece of millboard between the culprit and his victim.

From The Enemies of Books by William Blades

But it was not until twenty years after this that any success was attained in the manufacture of asbestos millboard and paper, the commercial value of which is now assuming such large proportions.

From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Robert H. Jones

A good way to prevent this is to make a millboard or thick brown paper shield with a part cut away to allow the neck to have a hold.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick