Foolscap
['fuːlzkæp;'fuːls-] or ['fulskæp]
Definition
(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.
Inputed by Byron
Examples
- As we left the room, we heard his pen travelling shrilly over the foolscap. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It cost me something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly filled a shelf with my writings. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Perhaps I shall get the credit also at some distant day, when I permit my zealous historian to lay out his foolscap once more--eh, Watson? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Inputed by Joe