two facing pages of a publication treated as a single unit
double spread in American English
noun
1.
any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
2.
a picture, advertisement, etc., occupying two facing pages
Word origin
[1955–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backgrounder, geodesic dome, new wave, rite of passage, software
Examples of 'double spread' in a sentence
double spread
A double spread of gleaming coils: the snake book lies open on the table.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Yet in every edition fine photographs are printed across the double spread, requiring a full opening to see them properly.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Worse was the double-spread 'duffer's guide' on pages 4-5 as it wasn't funny and provided nothing remotely new.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Fully open, the photographs measure 14 inches high by 25 inches across a double spread.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Double spreads capture the marvels of art history's wildest imagination in all their macabre detail.