double spread

noun

1. any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
2. a picture, advertisement, etc., occupying two facing pages.

double spread

noun

1. printing two facing pages of a publication treated as a single unit

Word History and Origins

Origin of double spread¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

But Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph - a Murdoch-owned tabloid - blew up pictures of the dancers on their front page and in a double spread:

From BBC

Jan Spivey Gilchrist's watercolor illustrations are particularly masterful here, contrasting the stillness of pastoral village life with the bustling marketplace, and showing the passage of time through a double spread of moon imagery rendered in soft purples and blues.

From Los Angeles Times

While I'm as happy as the next British tennis fan, the Times' double spread showing a sea of white faces in the Wimbledon crowd does not reflect a London I recognise.

From The Guardian

As usual, Quentin Blake's illustrations are so expressive that they tell the stories far beyond the verse, so even with the tiny little Ickle ockle, blue bockle we get a double spread with two illustrations on each page and, consequently, so much more to laugh about.

From The Guardian

A bark jacket has been used with success in many instances, cut it out of fine muslin, to be double, spread it open, and cover one side with about two ounces of the best Lima bark, and twelve pounded cloves; put on the other side, sew it up, and quilt it across; put on shoulder straps and strings of soft ribbon; sprinkle it with spirits twice a day.

From Project Gutenberg