millboard

[ mil-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈmɪlˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun Bookbinding.

a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.

Words nearby millboard

millage, millais, millard, millau bridge, millay, millboard, millbrae, millburn, millbury, millcake, milldam

Origin of millboard

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

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Examples from the Web for millboard

Cut a piece of millboard, celluloid, or even thin wood the same size, and upon this paint an attractive design.
Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do|Anonymous
The hollow between the neck and shell is filled with millboard.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886|Various
He began his career as a painter when a mere boy; though not upon canvas, millboard nor panel, but upon watering-cans.
Curiosities of Impecuniosity|H. G. Somerville
The covering incase of the packet was a kind of stiff cardboard or millboard, within brown paper.
In Luck at Last|Walter Besant

A is the piece of millboard, B the sheets of paper, C the strip.
Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for millboard

millboard

/ (ˈmɪlˌbɔːd) /

noun

strong pasteboard, used esp in book covers

Word Origin for millboard

C18: changed from milled board

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