Glossary
Paperhanger Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential paperhanger terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key paperhanger vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in paperhanger training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Apprenticeship
- Paid structured training.
- Blueprint
- Construction drawing.
- Booking
- Folding pasted paper.
- Drop
- One vertical strip.
- Drop match
- Pattern shifts down.
- Grasscloth
- Natural fiber wallcovering.
- Journeyman
- Fully trained worker.
- Mural
- Large image covering.
- OSHA
- Workplace safety agency.
- Pattern repeat
- Distance before repeat.
- Plumb line
- Vertical guide.
- Primer
- Prepares walls.
- Punch list
- Final fix list.
- Seam roller
- Flattens seams.
- Straight match
- Pattern aligns across.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Paperhanger practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Paperhanger training.
Browse terms from every career in our career glossary.