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marouflage

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ma⋅rou⋅flage

[mahr-uh-flahzh, mahr-uh-flahzh]
–noun
1. a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
2. a cloth backing for openwork, as on a piece of furniture.

Origin:
1880–85; < F, equiv. to maroufl(er) to attach canvas with strong glue (deriv. of maroufle strong glue, appar. a jocular use of maroufle rogue, akin to maraud; see maraud ) + -age -age
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