| 单词 | rope brown |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrope brown rope brown n. a type of strong brown paper originally made from old rope. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > shade or strength of papers grey paper1538 brown paper1542 blue paper1594 rope brown1891 Kraft1907 Manila1926 rope wrapping1937 1891 J. Hughes Austral. Revisited in 1890 v. ii. 279 It appears that much of the paper sold as Rope Brown is made from this grass [sc. tiwi grass]. 1908 R. W. Sindall Manuf. Paper vi. 27 Rope browns are common papers made of fairly strong material of a miscellaneous character, this name having been derived from the fact that rope and similar fibre were at one time used exclusively. 1914 E. A. Dawe Paper xvii. 115 Brown wrapping papers are made of various materials and in many qualities and substances. Rope browns, air-dried, cylinder-dried are three kinds. 1955 S. C. Gilmour Paper xxii. 251 The thickness of a quality such as Rope Brown would appear to the touch to be much in excess of the same substance in an M. G. Pure Kraft. < as lemmas |
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