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‖ passe-partout, passepartout, n. (v.)|pɑspartu|
[F. passe-partout (16th c. in Littré), f. passe vb. imp. (passe-) + partout everywhere.]
1. That which passes, or permits to pass, everywhere; spec. a key that opens any or many doors, a master-key; also fig., and attrib.
[c1645Howell Lett. IV. xix. 52 A travelling warrant is call'd Passeport, wheras the Original is passe par tout.] 1675Wycherley Country Wife i. i, Now may I..be, in short, the Pas par tout of the town. 1680Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 55 With this Passe par tout, I will instantly conduct her to my own Chamber. 1700Congreve Way of World iii. vii, Why this wench is the passe-partout, a very master-key to everybody's strong-box. 1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1720) III. 279 One of my Servants, who is gone with two of Monsieur le Envoy's, and his Passe par toute to Nova. 1749Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Bute 30 Nov., He opened his door with the passe-partout key. 1760Foote Minor i. Wks. 1799 I. 237 My art, Sir, is a pass⁓par-tout. I seldom want employment. 1831Edin. Rev. Sept. 46 Their master-key was allegory, a passe-partout to all difficulties. 1833C. MacFarlane Banditti & Robbers (1837) 365 Shortly after the prior went with a passe-partout, and opened the door of his cell.
2. a. An engraved plate or block with the centre cut out for the insertion of some other plate or block, thus forming a fixed engraved border to receive any engraving or picture of suitable size. (Used largely in illustrated books of 16th–17th c.) Also a fixed typographical border for a printed page. (So in Fr.; English use doubtful.)
1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Passepartout, in Engraving, a plate or wood block, whose centre part is entirely cut out round the outer part, whereof a border or ornamental design is engraved, serving as a frame to what may be placed in the centre. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Passe-partout... This is common in wood-engraving, where an ornamental border may be made to do duty with changing central advertisements or labels.
b. An ornamental mat or plate of cardboard or the like, having the centre cut out so as to receive a photograph, drawing, or engraving, to which when framed it serves as a mount or border. Hence passe-partout frame, a frame ready made with such a mount for reception of photographs, etc.
1867Mrs. Whitney L. Goldthwaite vi. 120 There were engravings and photographs in passe-partout frames. 1870Eng. Mech. 4 Feb. 514/2 Information as to gilding card⁓board for gold passe partouts. 1873Aldrich Marjorie Daw vii, There is an exquisite ivorytype of Marjorie in passe⁓partout, on the..mantle-piece. 1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 60 A plain passe-partout greatly assists in ‘setting off’ a picture which otherwise would be but a plain print. 1898Daily News 17 Oct. 5/4 Reproductions in colour and autolithographs printed on choice Dutch, Japanese, and Chinese paper, and very handsomely mounted with a passe⁓partout to each work.
c. A kind of adhesive tape or paper used for framing photographs and for other purposes. Also attrib. and as v. trans.
1909Cent. Dict. Suppl. 952/1 Passepartout,..to place in a passe-partout frame. 1910V. Tree Let. 13 Nov. in Castles in Air (1926) 54, I have found a manufacturer of passe-partouts for my flower and French costume prints. 1910–11T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall & Winter 144/1 Passepartout binding, black, green, brown, grey, red and white. 1928Daily Express 17 May 9/4 A favourite occupation is evidently to ‘passe-partout’ their pictures. 1954Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge) 44 Passe-partout, a strong embossed paper, gummed on one side and sold in coils about 1 in. wide. It is made in many colours and is used for picture mounting and the binding of lantern slides. 1969R. Blythe Akenfield viii. 136 Passe-partout-ed photographs of their sons and daughters..hang on long strings from the picture rail. 1978J. Goodman Last Sentence iii. 112 Haphazardly hung photographs, all framed amateurishly with passe-partout. |