cahier

[ ka-yey, kah-; French ka-yey ]

noun,plural ca·hiers [ka-yeyz, kah-; French ka-yey]. /kæˈyeɪz, kɑ-; French kaˈyeɪ/.
  1. Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.

  2. a report of the proceedings of any body: A cahier of the committee was presented to the legislature.

  1. (italics)French.

    • notebook; exercise book; journal.

    • paperback book.

Origin of cahier

1
1835–45; <French; Middle French quaer gathering (of sheets of a book); see quire1

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How to use cahier in a sentence

  • The Post's cahier against Hagel covers the Pentagon budget and Iran's nuclear capability (surprised they left Israel out).

    Washington Post on Hagel | Michael Tomasky | December 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • cahier, Caractéristique des saints dans l'art populaire, vol.

  • Marise looked down at the cahier, its pages as blank as when she had sat down.

    Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield
  • Father took up the cahier and looked at the paper hard, scratching it a little with his finger-nail.

    Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield
  • The constitutional changes proposed by the formal cahier of the third estate were of an equally radical character.

  • Recently a cahier—incomplete to be sure, but indubitably Stendhal's—was found and printed.

    Egoists | James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for cahier

cahier

/ French (kaje) /


noun
  1. a notebook

  2. a written or printed report, esp of the proceedings of a meeting

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