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sextern

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[sek-stern] / ˈsɛk stərn /

noun

Bookbinding.

  1. six gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.

Etymology

Origin of sextern

1880–85; < Medieval Latin sexternum, equivalent to Latin sex six + -ternum, as in Vulgar Latin *quaternum ( quire 1 )

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