tracing paper

noun

1. a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.

tracing paper

noun

1. strong transparent paper used for tracing

Word History and Origins

Origin of tracing paper¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Use your sketchpad to work your drawings, but once you’re sure which are the lines that count, you’ll want some tracing paper.

From Popular-Science

For taking tracings from drawings tracing paper or tracing cloth is used.

From Project Gutenberg

To effect this object the mucilage should be thick, and the tracing paper should be dampened with a sponge after it is pasted.

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These drawings are sufficiently open and clear to form very good examples to copy and to trace on tracing paper.

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He sharpened his pencil, cleared his crow-quill pens, got out his tracing-paper, and sat down to execute a better.

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Copies may be obtained by placing a piece of tracing-paper over the picture and following the lines with a lead-pencil.

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