MILLBOARD

millboard

(noun) stout pasteboard used to bind books

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

millboard (countable and uncountable, plural millboards)

A stiff paperboard or pasteboard used as book covers.

Source: Wiktionary


Mill"board`, n.

Definition: A kind of stout pasteboard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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