Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coarse, stout kind of millboard, made of pieces of tarred rope, etc.
- noun A building-paper saturated with tar.
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Examples
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The material used is heavy tar-board pressed into the form of the roof and strengthened by burlaps.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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The thinnest tar-board is used for the sides, which, _i.e. _, the boards, are cut down to nearly the size of the pamphlet to be bound.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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