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Foolscap

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Chiefly British A sheet of writing or printing paper measuring approximately 13 by 16 inches.

n. A fool's cap.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative form of fool's cap.

n. Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches

n. Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.

n. Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a cap or hood to which bells were usually attached, formerly worn by professional jesters.

n. A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See paper.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. See fool's cap, under fool.

n. A writing-paper, usually folded, varying in size from 12 × 15 to 12½ × 16 inches: so called from its former watermark, the outline of a fool's head and cap, for which other devices are now substituted.

n. A bivalve mollusk, Isocardia cor, better known as heart-shell.

Of the size known as foolscap.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils

n. a size of paper used especially in Britain

Word Usage

"The next day I bought two sheets of foolscap from the schoolmaster, and after tea I betook myself to the granary, barred the door, and fell to writing my sermon."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

lid chapeau hat piece of paper sheet

Cross Reference

legal quarto

Variant

paper

Form

double foolscap

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

notepaper flip-chart newsprint official-looking parchment