end leaf

noun

, Bookbinding.

1. end paper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of end leaf¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

The two small leaves, I & II example: 1st, rope stitch with alternate fillings of darning and outline stitch, and 2nd, rows of outline stitch for one-half the back leaves and one-half grey knot stitch and blue snail trail in alternative, the end leaf being in rows of outline of brown colour.

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Caroli Sigonii Scholia, with separate title and device, 109 numbered leaves and blank end leaf.

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