cartonnage

noun

car·​ton·​nage

¦kärtᵊn¦äzh

plural -s

: the material of which many Egyptian mummy cases are made consisting of linen or papyrus glued together in many thicknesses and usually coated with stucco

also : a mummy case made of such material

Word History

Etymology

French, from carton pasteboard + -age

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