manila paper n. A durable brown or buff paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish, made of Manila hemp, and used as a wrapping paper, or as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.
... used; but a method of construction suggested itself, the expense of which proved to be very slight. The wooden back-board, as constructed, is made in one piece containing no wide cracks. It has laid upon it some thick brown Manila paper, the upper surface of which has been previously shellacked to make it entirely air-tight. Upon this shellacked surface is laid a single thickness of thin paper of any kind; even newspaper will answer. Its object is simply to prevent ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 • Various
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