dog-ear

Meanings

1. The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.

1. To fold (the corner of the page of a book or other publication).

Etymology

The noun is a variant of dog's-ear, from dog + -’s + ear, due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The verb is either: * directly from dog + ear; * a back-formation from dog-eared; or * a variant of dog's-ear (verb).