Lexicographical Neighbors of Damboard
Literary usage of Damboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Weaving, by Hand and by Power: With an Introductory Account of by Clinton G. Gilroy (1844)
"... and in general with a tweel of five leaves are called diaper. The most simple
pattern of this kind is the damboard or checker as shown in Fig, 36. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Art of Weaving: Illustrated by Engravings with by John Murphy, of Scotland (1831)
"FOUR LEAFED TWEEL damboard. No. 61. Fig. 1. Plate 4. Here it will be observed,
that if the treadles at A be wrought four times over, or equal to the number ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... to heavy pressure to make the surface uniform and brilliantly metallic.
damboard (dam'bord), «. ... [Sc., also (accom. to E. board) damboard ; < Sw. ..."
4. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1883)
"... had upon the clerk's table the chequered or damboard cloth memorial of the
strange mode of accounting in ancient times. ..."
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