Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frisket

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: frisket
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin frame in a printing press that holds the sheet of paper in position and acts as a mask.

Example Sentences

"And while the Tympan is coming, he slips his Left Hand Fingers from under the Frisket to the hither outer corner of it, as well to keep the Sheet close to the Tympan in its position, as to avoid the jobbing of the lower side of the Frisket against the small square shoulder"
"As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan."

Etymology

Borrowed from French frisquette.

Inflected Forms

friskets (plural)

Questions

What does frisket mean?: A thin frame in a printing press that holds the sheet of paper in position and acts as a mask.
Where does frisket come from?: Borrowed from French frisquette.

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