laid paper

American  

noun

1. paper with fine parallel and cross lines produced in manufacturing.

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laid paper British  

noun

1. paper with a regular mesh impressed upon it by the dandy roller on a paper-making machine Compare wove paper

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Etymology

Origin of laid paper

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

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laid paper

One was laid paper, formed by being stretched across wires that left visible lines spaced about an inch apart.

From Time Magazine Archive

They laid paper over her face, and cut a hole in the paper to expose only her teeth, just as the Philadelphia coroner had done for her father.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The earlier printings of the envelopes were upon a laid paper that had the "cross vergures", or single laid lines that regularly cross the general run, at a spacing of 18 mm. from each other.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

Post 8vo, printed on laid paper and half-bound. 2s.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant

Canada unperforated is quoted in catalogues at 20c. on wove paper, $1 on laid paper, $1.50 on ribbed paper.

From Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 by Various

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