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Fourdrinier [foo r-drin-ee-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a machine for manufacturing paper.
Origin of Fourdrinier 1830–40; named after Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier, 19th-century English papermakers Examples from the Web for fourdrinier Historical Examples of fourdrinier
Messrs. Fourdrinier having expended 60,000 in perfecting the machine.
Frederick C. Bakewell
In the Fourdrinier process rags are ground to a pulp by a revolving beater (Fig. 125) working in a tank of water.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edward W. Byrn
The Fourdrinier part consists of a head box, which resembles the case of an upright piano.
William Bond Wheelwright
View showing the Fourdrinier part of a modern book paper-machine.
William Bond Wheelwright
A long felt carries the paper from the couch rolls back over the Fourdrinier part, delivering it to the first press.
William Bond Wheelwright
British Dictionary definitions for fourdrinier Fourdrinier noun
- a particular type of paper-making machine that forms the paper in a continuous web
Word Origin for Fourdrinier C19: named after Henry (died 1854) and Sealy (died 1847) Fourdrinier, English paper makers