a heavy smooth cardboard of fine quality, used for printing and drawing
Bristol board in American English
a fine, smooth pasteboard, used by artists, printers, etc.
Word origin
after Bristol, England
Bristol board in American English
noun
a fine, smooth pasteboard that is sometimes glazed
Word origin
[1800–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Caucasian, gong, hike, isolate, jumbo