Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A smooth, heavy pasteboard of fine quality.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fine, smooth kind of pasteboard, sometimes glazed on the surface, used by artists.
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- noun A
heavyweight paper used fortechnical drawing ,illustration , and other two-dimensional art forms.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Bristol, England.]
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The original Bristol board was made in Bristol, England and was a pasted board made of paper containing rags.
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