QUIRE


Meaning of QUIRE in English

quire /kwaɪə $ kwaɪr/ BrE AmE 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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.