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Definition of Millboard
1. Noun. Stout pasteboard used to bind books.
Definition of Millboard
1. n. A kind of stout pasteboard.
Definition of Millboard
1. Noun. A stiff paperboard or pasteboard used as book covers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Millboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Millboard
Literary usage of Millboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor: Embracing Descriptions, Discussions, and by Alexander Lyman Holley (1865)
"8"5 in. x 8 in., was secured in rear of an iron plate '9 thick, the millboard
resting against a 2£ in. plate backed by granite. The gun used was a 6-pounder ..."
2. Manual of Library Economy by James Duff Brown, William Charles Berwick Sayers (1920)
"For books temporarily withdrawn a piece of millboard covered white on one side
may be used ... millboard Dummy for Withdrawn Book (Section 248). (Fig. 83). ..."
3. The Treatment of Paper for Special Purposes: A Practical Introduction to the by Louis Edgar Andés (1907)
"The material is afterwards cut into pieces, 6 or 7 inches square, and stored,
preferably in a damp place, to keep it soft and flexible. millboard SPLINTS. ..."
4. Paper Technology: An Elementary Manual on the Manufacture, Physical by Robert Walter Sindall (1906)
"E. Drum upon which millboard is rolled. C. Felt covered roll. ... millboard.—The
manufacture of boards for boxes is a simple operation carried out by means ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, cardboard, millboard, strawboard, binder's board. pastoral, n. 1.
composition (contextual), eclogue; spec, idyl, bucolic (chiefly in pi.). 3. ..."
6. On the treatment of wounds and fractures by Sampson Gamgee (1883)
"millboard APPARATUS. The materials requisite for the construction of a ...
Absorbent cotton-wool tissue. b.—Bandages. c.—millboard. d,—Starch, gum, ..."
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