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Definition of "endpaper" [endpaper]

  • Either of two folded sheets of heavy paper having one half pasted to the inside front or back cover of a book and the other half pasted to the base of the first or last page. Also called end leaf. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "endpaper" in a sentence
  • "The full front endpaper is actually pretty striking: it depicts not only the Merry Old Soul but also his Fiddlers Three."
  • "The endpaper is the final piece the binder applies that covers up all the unattactive parts of the fine work he has just done."
  • "Or this endpaper from a republished edition of The Runaway by Elizabeth Anna Hart?"