title cardn.
/ˈtʌɪtl kɑːd/, U.S. /ˈtaɪd(ə)l ˌkɑrd/ 1. A card containing information about a book, periodical, etc., with the title at the top of the card, to be filed alphabetically by title in a library catalogue.
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1864 Rep. Comm. Overseers Harvard Coll. 1863 43 These projecting cards and blocks also facilitate the manipulation of the title-cards, and partially save them from wear.
1915 Wisconsin Libr. Bull. June 199/2 See Fig. 27 showing a sample title card.
1979 Eng. Jrnl. 68 57 Other catalogue cards, such as a title card, would be nice, but minimum processing is the only way a lone librarian can keep up with the collection.
2014 S. L. Harriger in A. Graves Small Libr. Manager's Handbk. xix. 200 Back then..each book in the library collection had multiple cards in each set, including author card(s), title card(s), and subject cards.
2. In Boxing and other combat sports: the list of contests constituting the bill of a title fight event; these contests considered collectively.
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society > leisure > sport > general equipment > [noun] > list or programme
card1823
racecard1836
correct card1882
fixture-card1886
scratching-board1891
fixture-list1905
title card1918
1918 San Antonio (Texas) Light 10 Aug. 8/5 Edward A. Ratsch, local boxing promoter, has called off the big title card that he had slated for Tuesday night.
1941 Hammond (Indiana) Times 11 Apr. (Final ed.) 22/3 The preliminary fighters making a title card might cost from $5,000 to $10,000.
1964 Chicago Defender (National ed.) 4 Jan. 20 (headline) Girls to wrestle on title card.
2007 Liverpool Daily Echo (Nexis) 10 Mar. (Sport section) 20 Not since the halcyon days of Shea Neary 10 years ago has Liverpool staged such a prestigious title card.
3. Cinematography and Television. A full-screen image of text inserted into the body of a film, television programme, etc. Title cards were widely used in silent films to express dialogue or to explain the plot (cf. intertitle n. at inter- prefix Additions), but are now more commonly used to display a film's title, acting and production credits, etc., at the start or end of the film (cf. title sequence n. at title n. Compounds 5).
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] > accompanying text on screen
subtitle1909
title1909
title card1921
caption1923
intertitle1939
1921 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 26 June 17/2 I have seen..the making of title cards in the laboratory, and the final run in the theatre of the studio.
1953 Q. Film, Radio & Television 8 151 The title card flashed: ‘Hamlet, son to the Late, and Nephew to the Present King’.
1976 R. Bretz Handbk. producing Educ. & Public-access Programs for Cable Television 54 The points that require rehearsal are..program openings and closings, especially if title cards are to be used.
2000 G. Lucas Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Menace 1 (stage direct.) Ext. Space (FX) Title Card... A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
2011 Y. Braha & B. Byrne Creative Motion Graphic Titling ii. 47 We see..the main talent credits, then the main movie title card.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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