quire
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++quire /kwaɪə $ kwaɪr/ noun [countable] technicalTCN 24 sheets of paper 一刀纸〔24张〕
Examples from the Corpus
quire• This could be an alternative route back to the turret, I thought, a route to bypass the quire.• Escaping from the quire was no easier than getting into it.• There was no way into the quire climbing over his lordship, but under ...?• That got me moving east fast, searching hard now for access to the quire.Origin quire (1400-1500) Old French quaer “four sheets of paper folded once”, from Latin quaterni “four each, set of four”quire nounChinese
Corpus paper of 24 sheets
quire
quire /kwaɪə $ kwaɪr/
noun [countable]
quire /kwaɪə $ kwaɪr/
noun [countable] Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: quaer 'four sheets of paper folded once', from Latin quaterni 'four each, set of four'
technical 24 sheets of paper
Language: Old French
Origin: quaer 'four sheets of paper folded once', from Latin quaterni 'four each, set of four'