cahier

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

/ kæˈyeɪ, kɑ-; French kaˈyeɪ /

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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

Words nearby cahier

cagoule, C.A.G.S., Caguas, Cahaba, Cahan, cahier, cahill, Cahokia, Cahokia Mounds, cahoot, cahoots

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|DAILY BEAST
Cahier, Caractéristique des saints dans l'art populaire, vol.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
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.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Henry Martyn Baird
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

a notebook

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

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