Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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apron

1. The lower cloth on a ruling machine that carries the ruled sheets from the lower cords to the lay-boy or receiving box. 2. The extra amount of unprinted paper left to serve as the binding edge of a leaf that folds out. See a1so: FULL APRON .




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