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IMITATION PARCHMENT [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
DEF

A kind of wrapping paper made of unbleached or semibleached long-fibered chemical wood pulps. The sheet made from it resembles a vegetable parchment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
DEF

Papier imitant le papier sulfurisé, dent l'imperméabilité aux corps gras est obtenue par raffinage poussé et non par traitement à l'acide sulfurique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Leather Industry
  • Preparation of Leather and Leather Articles
  • Chamois, Calf Leather and Parchment (Leather Ind.)
DEF

A fine kind of parchment prepared from the skins of calves(lambs or kids) and used especially for writing, painting, or binding; also, any superior quality of parchment or an imitation of this.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du cuir
  • Préparation des cuirs et des objets en cuir
  • Chamoiserie, buffleterie et parcheminerie (Ind. du cuir)
DEF

Peau de veau mort-né (ou d'un autre animal, comme l'agneau ou le chevreau), préparée pour l'écriture, l'illustration, l'imprimerie ou la reliure, plus lisse et plus fine que le parchemin ordinaire.

Key term(s)
  • velin

Spanish

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