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

He began his career as a painter when a mere boy; though not upon canvas, millboard nor panel, but upon watering-cans.

From Project Gutenberg

Repair of Maps All old or mutilated maps or charts must be flattened out by placing the maps between large millboards with heavy weights over them, before they can be inserted in books.

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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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