(definition) by Webster 1913 Sat Jan 21 2006 at 17:36:57

Press"board` (?), n.

A kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp; -- so called because used originally, as now, in presses for pressing and finishing knit underwear.

 

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