flyleaf

American  

[flahy-leef] / ˈflaɪˌlif /

noun

plural

flyleaves

1. a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.

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flyleaf British  

/ ˈflaɪˌliːf /

noun

1. the inner leaf of the endpaper of a book, pasted to the first leaf

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Etymology

Origin of flyleaf

1825–35; fly ² (noun, in combination: something fastened by the edge) + leaf

Example Sentences

Coupled with the book's status as an enduring object, it makes sense that readers felt drawn to write their names or doodle in the margins and flyleaves of these books.

From Salon

In 1993, his lawyers succeeded in forcing the publisher of a book by Harry Hurt III, “Lost Tycoon,” to add an explanation of the encounter on the book’s flyleaf.

From Washington Post

Nat opened one of the books and read the name on the flyleaf.

From Literature

Perhaps in the 16th Century it was already hard to read, or the flyleaf was loose?

From BBC

She looked at the four entries on the flyleaf.

From Literature