| 单词 | pastegrain |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspastegrain pastegrain n. Bookbinding a material made from split sheepskin with a coating of paste or glue to harden it and improve the grain; (also occasionally) an inferior kind of morocco leather. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > materials > leather roan1383 Turkey leather1655 sheep1705 Turkey1715 Russia1724 rough calf1730 law1738 mottled calf1857 pastegrain1880 Rutland1894 Cambridge calf1895 Niger morocco1898 Niger1946 1880 Bookseller 3 May 471 Cruden's Concordance..in limp Paste-grain and Morocco. 1923 H. A. Maddox Dict. Stationery 59 Pastegrain—Also abbreviated to P.G., but more correctly specified as pastegrain roan. Comprises the thin grain side of a split sheepskin, mechanically grained with a cracked or fissured pattern and stiffened slightly by pasting on the back... In the fancy trade P.G. roan is elaborately but erroneously described as French morocco. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 Jan. 6 Lightweight paper, choice of pastegrain or calfskin leather covers. < as lemmas |
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