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sextern

[ sek-stern ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sextern1

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

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