wove paper

American  

noun

1. paper that exhibits a pattern of fine mesh when held up to the light.

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wove paper British  

noun

1. paper with a very faint mesh impressed on it by the dandy roller on the paper-making machine Compare laid paper

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Etymology

Origin of wove paper

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

The lines show through in a way that recalls the "wove" paper used by early watercolourists such as Samuel Scott in the mid 18th century.

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2011

What is the difference between chalk and pastel, sepia and bister, laid and wove paper, pouncing and squaring, vellum and parchment?

From Time Magazine Archive

Benjamin has seen only two authentic autographs by George Washington written on wove paper.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other was wove paper, in which the fibers can be seen by the trained eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

The same may be said of his varieties XII and XIII, described as "medium" and "thick, hard, white wove paper, very slightly ribbed," respectively, which we have classed under "stout, hard, white wove paper."

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