title card

American  

[tahyt-l kahrd] / ˈtaɪt l ˌkɑrd /

noun

1. intertitle.

2. a card with the title of a book or the name of another object in a library collection, traditionally organized in alphabetical order in the library’s card catalog.

   Each record should have a main title card.

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Etymology

Origin of title card

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Before the closing goodbyes, a title card honored Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, who died this week.

From Los Angeles Times

Before the goodbyes, a title card honored Craig Kellem, a producer on the first season of “Saturday Night Live” who died this week.

From Los Angeles Times

Just listen, he says, to the way Tiomkin’s music transitions from the westerny fanfare under the Winchester Pictures logo to the swirling, menacing orchestral storm that accompanies “The Thing From Another World” title card in that 1951 sci-fi picture that Carpenter remixed as “The Thing.”

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Before the close, “SNL” memorialized Diane Keaton, whose death was announced Saturday, in a title card.

From Los Angeles Times

Before the closing goodnights, a title card appeared for Val Kilmer, who hosted “SNL” in 2000 and who died this week.

From Los Angeles Times