Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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toggling

The operation of stretching damp leather and securing it in place for drying in a smooth and stretched condition by means of toggles, which are metal clamps equipped with jaws to grip the leather and prongs to hold it in place in a slotted metal frame. See also: TACKING . (363 )




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