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

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 Howes, Clifton Armstrong

But his anxiety rose to the highest pitch, when the robber chief laid paper and pen before him, and requested him to lift his veil and write the letter.

From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm

A second variety is known, however, on white laid paper, which was probably issued subsequently to the blue variety, but at what date is not known.

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