sextern
American
[sek-stern]
/ ˈsɛk stərn /
noun
Bookbinding.
Etymology
Origin of sextern
1880–85; < Medieval Latin sexternum, equivalent to Latin sex six + -ternum, as in Vulgar Latin *quaternum ( see quire 1)
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