Fourdrinier

 [foor-drin-ee-er]  

Four·drin·i·er

   [foor-drin-ee-er]
noun
a machine for manufacturing paper.
Origin:
1830–40; named after Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, 19th-century English papermakers
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Fourdrinier (fʊəˈdrɪnɪə)
 
—n
a particular type of paper-making machine that forms the paper in a continuous web
 
[C19: named after Henry (died 1854) and Sealy (died 1847) Fourdrinier, English paper makers]

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