wove paper

American  

noun

1. paper that exhibits a pattern of fine mesh when held up to the light.

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wove paper British  

noun

1. paper with a very faint mesh impressed on it by the dandy roller on the paper-making machine Compare laid paper

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Etymology

Origin of wove paper

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

The lines show through in a way that recalls the "wove" paper used by early watercolourists such as Samuel Scott in the mid 18th century.

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2011

Benjamin has seen only two authentic autographs by George Washington written on wove paper.

From Time Magazine Archive

What is the difference between chalk and pastel, sepia and bister, laid and wove paper, pouncing and squaring, vellum and parchment?

From Time Magazine Archive

The other was wove paper, in which the fibers can be seen by the trained eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not only was wove paper always used in this connection, but it had become much cheaper through the invention of a machine for producing it in lengths.

From Why Bewick Succeeded A Note in the History of Wood Engraving by Kainen, Jacob