a graduated scale for measuring perforations and roulettes of postage stamps
perforation gauge in American English
noun
Philately
a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp
Word origin
[1890–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cholesterol, historicism, plein-air, pogey, takedown