Bristol board

noun

1. a fine, smooth pasteboard that is sometimes glazed.

Bristol board

noun

1. a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bristol board¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

For glazed surface paper, as Bristol-board, the smoothest rubber must be used, the grade termed velvet rubber answering well.

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A finished book-cover design can be made on water-color paper, bristol-board, or a piece of book-cover linen.

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A man's card is usually one and a half by three inches in size, and made of fairly stiff bristol board.

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It must be of plain white bristol board, unglazed, about three or four inches in length and about two inches in width.

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Cut in the Bristol-board a couple of leaf-shaped pieces like the illustration.

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