cartonnage
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French cartonnage.[1]
Noun
editcartonnage (countable and uncountable, plural cartonnages)
- The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
- Pasteboard.
References
edit- ^ “cartonnage, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
editEtymology
editNoun
editcartonnage m (plural cartonnages)
Further reading
edit- “cartonnage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.