foolscap
(noun) a size of paper used especially in Britain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Probably from a watermark of a fool's cap.
foolscap (plural foolscaps)
Alternative form of fool's cap
(strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
(more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.
Source: Wiktionary
Fools"cap`, n. Etym: [So called from the watermark of a fool's cap and bells used by old paper makers. See Fool's cap, under Fool.]
Definition: A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
