Preferred label

Gummed margin

Alternative label

Gummed edge        

Scope note

An area along the edge of a substrate, wrapper, or envelope coated with adhesive. When the adhesive has been activated, the gummed margin becomes sticky and adheres to another part of the substrate, usually to secure the letter shut.        

Parent concept

Adhesive       

 uh-linked-data/concept/16        

Related concept  

Margin        

uh-linked-data/concept/329        

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT        

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/168