passe-partout

passe-partout
/pas'pahr tooh"/; Fr. /pahs pannrdd tooh"/, n., pl. passe-partouts /-toohz"/; Fr. /-tooh"/.
1. something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
2. a master key; skeleton key.
3. an ornamental mat for a picture.
4. a method of framing in which a piece of glass is placed over a picture and is affixed to a backing by means of adhesive strips of paper or other material pasted over the edges.
5. paper prepared for this purpose.
[1635-45; < F: lit., (it) passes everywhere]

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