any of various types of heavy-duty paper that usually consist of bitumen reinforced with fibre sandwiched between two sheets of kraft paper: used in damp-proofing or as insulation between the soil and a road surface
building paper in American English
noun
heavy paper used esp. in the construction of frame buildings to block drafts, for insulation, etc.
Word origin
[1870–75, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, asymmetric, linkage, onshore, upgrade