fanfold

Etymology

From fan + fold.

fanfold means having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

adj

Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.“The problem appears to have started when a guide wire became hung up on one of the long hinges that join the fanfold panels of the array.”

noun

A document folded in this manner.

verb

To fold in this manner.“When the top sheet, blanket, and bedspread of a closed bed are turned back, or fanfolded, the closed bed becomes an open bed, or a bed ready to receive a patient or resident.”