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A thick, lightweight sheet compressed from ground cork particles and paper pulp. Corkboard was used in the 19th century for sound and heat insulation. | A thick, lightweight sheet compressed from ground cork particles and paper pulp. Corkboard was used in the 19th century for sound and heat insulation. | ||
| − | See also [ | + | See also [[cork tile]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 13 January 2014
Description
A thick, lightweight sheet compressed from ground cork particles and paper pulp. Corkboard was used in the 19th century for sound and heat insulation.
See also Cork tile.
Synonyms and Related Terms
panneau de liège (Fr.);
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 239
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996