Spine lining fabric
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English
noun
"The fabric used to line the spine of a book. It is generally made of cotton, napped on the side which goes against the spine, and of a weight that will help support the spine while not decreasing its flexibility."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Spine lining fabric". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 29 March 2016.</ref>
Synonyms
crash (a much thinner open-weave cloth, not preferred for hand or library binding), super (American term), mull (British term)
Related terms
Translations
, [[jaconet|status=preferred|source=Nord}}
- Dutch: (translation needed)
- Finnish: [[harso|status=preferred|source=Nord}}
- French: [[mousseline|status=preferred}} German: [[Gaze|status=preferred}} Italian: (translation needed)
- Latin: (translation needed)
- Norwegian: (hefte)gas<ref name="Nord" />, [[jakonett|status=preferred|source=Nord}}
- Spanish: (translation needed)
- Swedish: [[häftgas|(häft)gas|status=preferred|source=Nord}}
- Russian: марля
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