SEXTERN


Meaning of SEXTERN in English

/sek"steuhrn/ , n. Bookbinding.

six gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.

[ 1880-85; sexternum, equiv. to L sex SIX + -ternum, as in VL * quaternum (see QUIRE 1 ) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .