1. past tense of quire; arranged or bound sheets of paper into groups of four folded sheets (making 16 or 24 pages)
Usage: archaic; bookbinding

Examples

• The bookbinder quired the manuscript pages before sewing them together.
• In medieval times, scribes quired parchment sheets to create books.
• The printer quired the folded sheets in preparation for binding.
• She carefully quired the handmade paper for the limited edition book.
• The apprentice learned how pages were quired in traditional bookmaking.