frisket
Speech parts
1. frisket - Noun
2. frisket - Adjective
Meaning
The light frame which holds the sheet of paper to the tympan in printing.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Then the screw is reversed, the windlass turned again to move the bed back to its original position, the tympan and frisket raised and opened, and the printed sheet removed.
The paper is now held between a frisket and tympan (two frames covered with paper or parchment).
The shape of the area to preserve can be painted with masking fluid or cut out of a frisket and applied to the drawing surface, protecting the surface from stray marks until the mask is removed.