quire
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/ˈkwaɪər/
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/ˈkwaɪə(r)/
A small group of pages in a book, consisting of four sheets of paper folded together to make eight leaves or sixteen pages.
The book binder carefully assembled the quires before sewing them into the cover.
書籍裝訂工人在將這些折疊紙張縫入封面之前,小心地組裝了紙束。