millboardn.
/ˈmɪlbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌbɔrd/ 1. A kind of thick, stiff pasteboard, typically grey, used for bookbinding, etc., originally made of a pulp of old rope, sacking, paper, and other coarse matter milled or rolled with high pressure. Also: a piece of this. Cf. milled board at milled adj. 4.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > millboard
milled board1677
millboard1712
1712 London Gaz. No. 5014/5 Duties upon..Pastboard, Millboard, Scaleboard.
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 135 Mill Boards are the thickest sort of Pasteboard, used by Bookbinders for the covering of Books.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 604/2 Mill Board Cutter, a machine for cutting to size mill and card boards for binding, etc.
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 72 These notes are stuck on millboards, and each forms a fuselage drill.
1986 Bookseller 14 Nov. 1965/1 We used to choose between strawboard (cheap but liable to warp..) and millboard (rather expensive, but more reliably rigid).
2. A specially prepared board for sketching.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing > board
millboard1854
scraper board1895
scratchboard1930
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxvii. 258 Those smooth mill-boards, those slab-tinted sketching-blocks [etc.].
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 217 Milboards are..well adapted for sketching in oil colours from nature.
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 477/2 Pictures, Picture Frames, Artists' Materials, &c... Brown mill boards. Size 22 by 18½.
1994 Antique Dealer & Collectors Guide June 41/1 From Iona Antiques a naive painting on millboard, signed and dated J. S. Howson 1910 of an Old English Game Cock and Clay Hen.
3. A portable board for writing, a clipboard.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > folder for papers > with clip
spring-back1863
clipboard1907
millboard1975
1975 C. Eglington Skirmish v. 55 Equipped with a millboard, a set of Biro pens and a wad of questionnaires.
1981 A. Judd Breed of Heroes i. v. 106 He made a crabbed little note on his mill-board.
2000 Daily Tel. 24 Jan. 4/1 No matter where you encountered him on the St Lawrence ground the millboard was always in his hands, recording every episode in the game that might contribute to his report.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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