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centerfold

[ sen-ter-fohld ]
/ ˈsɛn tərˌfoʊld /
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noun

center spread.
a gatefold bound into the center of a magazine or book signature.
a photograph of a woman or man in a nude or seminude pose appearing on a magazine centerfold.
the person in such a photograph.

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Origin of centerfold

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; center + fold1
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Word Origin and History for centerfold

centerfold

n.

also center-fold, "fold-out center spread of a magazine or newspaper," 1950, from center (n.) + fold (n.2). "Playboy" debuted December 1953, and the word came to be used especially for illustrations of comely women, hence "woman who poses as a centerfold model" (by 1965).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper