ext_76136 ([identity profile] calzephyr77.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2022-02-16 11:29 am

Wednesday Word: Tarlatan

Tarlatan - noun

Today's artsy word, also known as tarlaton, is inspired by my recent homework. I returned to papermaking and found a piece piece of tarlatan in the stash. It's a stiff, starched open-weave fabric that looks like cheesecloth on a larger scale. It's absorbent to some degree and also used for cleaning intaglio plates as well as shaping paper projects.

[identity profile] full-metal-ox.livejournal.com 2022-02-17 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Imagine a Victorian health-fad huckster in bouncy crinolines, ascribing grossly inflated health benefits to the chayotes (an Exotic Miracle Food from Otherlandia!) she’s peddling—and you’ve got a charlatan in tarlatan selling mirlitons.