Definitions for "passe-partout"
Keywords:  partout, gummed, mount, mat, bec
A light picture frame or mat of cardboard, wood, or the like, usually put between the picture and the glass, and sometimes serving for several pictures.
A strip of adhesive paper or gummed tape used to mount a picture between a piece of glass and a backing.
The method of mounting a picture between a piece of glass and a backing, using a passe-partout{4}.
A master key; a latchkey.
(n.) 1. Something, such as a master key, that permits one to pass or go at will. (n.) 2. Key that secures entrance everywhere. Source: Dictionary.com See also: “master key
Refers to a type of title page "printed from one plate which was intended to be used again in other editions. Such plates were usually artistically executed. They contained, besides extensive decoration, such information as would remain appropriate to a number of different editions, e.g., the imprint. The remaining information was added to the particular edition." (Kr pp. 90-92) (Thorin)
Keywords:  anywhere, safe, conduct, one
That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct.