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carnets' - 2 dictionary results

car⋅net

[kahr-ney; Fr. kar-ne]
–noun, plural -nets [-neyz; Fr. -ne] .
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.

Origin:
1895–1900; < F: notebook, book of tickets; MF quernet, equiv. to quern- (cf. quaer (with loss of n) group of four sheets; see cahier ) + -et -et
car·net   (kär-nā')   
n.  
  1. An official pass or permit, especially one for crossing national boundaries.
  2. A book of postage stamps.

[French, notebook, carnet, from Old French quernet, pocket notebook, from quaer, quire; see quire1.]
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