center fold

cen·ter·fold

[sen-ter-fohld]
noun
2.
a gatefold bound into the center of a magazine or book signature.
3.
a photograph of a woman or man in a nude or seminude pose appearing on a magazine centerfold.
4.
the person in such a photograph.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; center + fold1

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centrefold or (US) centerfold (ˈsɛntəˌfəʊld) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a large coloured illustration folded so that it forms the central spread of a magazine
2.  a.  a photograph of a nude or nearly nude woman (or man) in a magazine on such a spread
 b.  the subject of such a photograph
 
centerfold or (US) centerfold
 
n

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centerfold
"fold-out center spread of a magazine or newspaper," by 1954, from center + fold. Used especially for illustrations of comely women, hence "woman who poses as a centerfold model" (by 1965).
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