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

After trimming the nib, the scribe would usually test the pen on a blank piece of parchment or flyleaf to make sure that his letters were legible.

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

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

From BBC

Research director Nicholas Golubov found the brothers’ names scrawled in the flyleaf.

From Seattle Times

On the flyleaf, above my biography, there was a picture of me.

From Washington Post