- Definition
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A collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality.
- Examples of word Quire in a sentence
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“Printers did not bind books; they merely supplied loose quires which the stationers or the owners could bind themselves.”
- Did you Know?
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“Quire” used to be an archaic, Middle English spelling of the word choir.
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