parchment paper

noun

a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.

Origin of parchment paper

First recorded in 1855–60

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Historical Examples of parchment paper

When thoroughly dry pack in dry clean glass jars or in parchment-paper lined boxes.
Every Step in Canning
Grace Viall Gray
Crude caramel, obtained as above, is placed on a parchment-paper dialyser.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
The light of a candle showed through the parchment-paper window, and smoke curled from the chimney.
Smoke Bellew
Jack London