gatefold

English

Etymology

gate +‎ fold

Noun

gatefold (plural gatefolds)

A document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels; the left and right panels are half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping.[1]

Hypernyms

throw-out

Coordinate terms

pop-up

Translations

foldout — see foldout

Verb

gatefold (third-person singular simple present gatefolds, present participle gatefolding, simple past and past participle gatefolded)

To fold in this manner.

References

Beaty, Keith (2010-08) “Printing Lingo: What is a Gatefold?”, in Formax Printing Blog‎, Formax Printing Solutions, archived from the original on 2021-06-20: “A Gatefold is a document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels - three panels on each side of the paper. The left and right panels are roughly half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping”

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[1] Beaty, Keith (2010-08) “Printing Lingo: What is a Gatefold?”, in Formax Printing Blog‎, Formax Printing Solutions, archived from the original on 2021-06-20: “A Gatefold is a document folding method that uses two parallel folds to create six panels - three panels on each side of the paper. The left and right panels are roughly half the width of the center panels and fold inward to meet in the middle without overlapping”