cahier

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

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.
1. notebook; exercise book; journal.
2. paperback book.

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

Contemporary Examples of 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

Historical Examples of cahier

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
For more about them, see Cahier, Mélanges d'Archéologie, etc.
Illuminated Manuscripts
John W. Bradley
One of them, Cahier de Gerville, afterwards a minister, delivered an impressive address.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz
Among other plans that in the cahier des tiers état of the city of Paris has some interest.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens
Georg Jellinek

British Dictionary definitions for cahier

cahier

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

"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).