carton-pierre

Borrowed from French carton-pierre (literally “stone cardboard”).

• IPA^(key): /kɑː(ɹ)ˌtɒn piˈɛə(ɹ)/

carton-pierre (uncountable)

1. Papier-mâché that has been made to resemble wood, stone, or metal, used as decoration.
   • 1892, Henry James, The Lesson of the Master:

     “ […] Your talent is so great that it is in everything you do, in what's less good as well as in what's best. You've some forty volumes to show for it—forty volumes of life, of observation, of magnificent ability.”
     “I'm very clever, of course I know that,” St. George replied, quietly. “Lord, what rot they'd all be if I hadn't been! I'm a successful charlatan—I've been able to pass off my system. But do you know what it is? It's carton-pierre.”

Literally “stone cardboard”.

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.tɔ̃.pjɛʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

carton-pierre m (uncountable)

1. carton-pierre (papier-mâché made to resemble wood, stone, or metal)

• papier mâché