cahier

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

/ kæˈyeɪ, kɑ-; French kaˈyeɪ /

noun, plural ca·hiers [ka-yeyz, kah-; French ka-yey] /kæˈyeɪz, kɑ-; French kaˈyeɪ/.

Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.

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

(italics) French.

notebook; exercise book; journal.
paperback book.

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Origin of cahier

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

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Examples from the Web for cahier

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|DAILY BEAST
Recently a cahier—incomplete to be sure, but indubitably Stendhal's—was found and printed.
Egoists|James Huneker
Father took up the cahier and looked at the paper hard, scratching it a little with his finger-nail.
Rough-Hewn|Dorothy Canfield
The drawing up of a schedule of stipulations on the lines of the French cahier des charges regulating the work of the theatre.
The Operatic Problem|William Johnson Galloway

Marise looked down at the cahier, its pages as blank as when she had sat down.
Rough-Hewn|Dorothy Canfield
Father Cahier says he has failed to discover the significance of the emblems.
Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cahier

cahier

/ French (kaje) /

noun

a notebook

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

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Word Origin and History for cahier

cahier

"exercise book," c.1845, from French cahier "writing book, copy-book," from Old French cayer, originally quaier "sheet of paper folded in four" (see quire).