fanfold

adj

Etymology

From fan + fold.

  1. inherited from folde
  2. derived from *pel-
  3. inherited from *falþaną
  4. inherited from *falþan
  5. inherited from fealdan
  6. inherited from folden
  7. compounded as fanfold — “fan + fold

Definitions

  1. Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards…

    Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.

    • The problem appears to have started when a guide wire became hung up on one of the long hinges that join the fanfold panels of the array.
  2. To fold in this manner.

    • When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.
  3. A document folded in this manner.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA