footage
1. The charge made by the manufacturer or supplier
of leather. The method of measurement used in
calculating the number of square feet of any
particular skin or hide is somewhat complicated,
and in practice it is usually found that a skin
marked, for example, as four feet, will not give
nearly that much area in cut pieces for books;
particularly in the case of skins with very ragged
edges, e.g., goatskin. The footage charged is
usually marked on the flesh side of the skin, and
is calculated to the tenth of a foot in the United
States, and to a quarter of a foot in England,
e.g., 4 = 4 feet, 4/1 = 4 1/4 foot, etc. The
measuring is done either by metal pins which
record the presence (or absence) of leather by
touch, or by a beam of light, which indicates the
absence of leather by means of a receptor element.
2. The length or area of a reel of paper expressed
in linear or square measure. (335 , 363 )
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