cardan grille

/K AA1 R D AH0 N G R IH0 L/
noun
  1. 1

    (cryptography) A sheet of card or thin metal, etc., used in composing secret messages. The words of the message are written through a number of holes cut arbitrarily in the sheet, and the remaining paper is then filled with irrelevant words to disguise it.

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