[DCRM-L] hanging chad?

Vernica Downey vdowney at fas.harvard.edu
Tue Apr 29 07:33:16 MDT 2008


Dear Nina:

I think the term you are thinking of is témoin (witness).

-- Vernica

Vernica M. Downey
Cataloger/Database Management Librarian
Houghton Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138



nina at supermodern.com wrote:
> Hi Folks:
>
> What do you call the flap that occurs when a corner of a leaf of paper has been folded at a 45-degree angle within the text block and has missed the blade of the guillotine therefore showing the original margins before they've been trimmed? 
>
> I thought it was just called a flap but it's not in Carter's ABCs. I remember someone had a name for it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nina



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