glassine

English

Etymology

glass +‎ -ine

Noun

glassine (plural glassines)

  1. a light paper used as interleaving between artworks or stamp album pages.
  2. smooth, non-absorbing, grease- and moisture-resistant, super-calendered paper
  3. (philately, usually used as a plural) A small stamp packet made from glassine paper.

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Last modified on 26 August 2012, at 23:01