flong

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von flong im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype

A few sheets of paper are soaked in water and then pasted together to form a flong. This flong is beaten into a page of type and dried, thus forming a matrix to receive the molten metal, which, when cooled, becomes an exact duplicate of the type page.

A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates

of Fling

Etymologie

() : French flan.