Preferred label

 Seal (locking appendage)(process)               

Alternative label

Wafer-seal; Seal [prevents opening a letter]  

Scope note

An instance where the opening of a letter has been prevented or inhibited through the use of adhesive. Distinguished from lock, a material appendage to a letter, and adhesive, the substance applied to affix a letter shut.     

Parent concept    

Seal (locking appendage)        

uh-linked-data/concept/451    

Related concept                     

Adhesive        

uh-linked-data/concept/16

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/451