interfold

[ in-ter-fohld ]

verb (used with object)

1. to fold one within another; fold together.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interfold¹

First recorded in 1570–80; inter- + fold ¹

Example Sentences

Interfold, in-tėr-fold′, v.t. to fold one into the other.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead of the supposed fluffy cotton, we now discover the white substance to be of firm though somewhat sticky consistency, its surface, moreover, beautifully ridged from base to summit in parallel rounded flutings, which meet and interfold like a braid along the summit.

From Project Gutenberg

The marly or calcareous beds not only come up nearly horizontally to the northern and southern foot of the great quartzose mountains of the Sierra Ventana, but interfold between the parallel ranges.

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