Bristol board
a fine, smooth pasteboard that is sometimes glazed.
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How to use Bristol board in a sentence
For glazed surface paper, as Bristol-board, the smoothest rubber must be used, the grade termed velvet rubber answering well.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught | Joshua RoseA finished book-cover design can be made on water-color paper, bristol-board, or a piece of book-cover linen.
The Building of a Book | VariousA man's card is usually one and a half by three inches in size, and made of fairly stiff Bristol board.
The Etiquette of To-day | Edith B. OrdwayIt must be of plain white Bristol board, unglazed, about three or four inches in length and about two inches in width.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainCut in the Bristol-board a couple of leaf-shaped pieces like the illustration.
British Dictionary definitions for Bristol board
a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
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