having a hard cover or coating; esp. (of a book) = hardbacked, adj. 3.

Bound in boards.

(of a book) having hard covers, hard-backed (cf. 2c).

Of a book: bound in stiff covers; hardbacked. Cf. hardcover, adj. 1.

Of a book: bound in stiff covers. Cf. hardback, adj. 2 paper-backed, adj. 1.

Of a book: bound in stiff covers; hardbacked. Cf. paperbound, adj. rare before 20th cent. and now chiefly U.S.

Of a book: hardbacked. Somewhat rare.

Of a book, etc.: bound in a stiff cover. Cf. hardback, adj.

having a hard case (in various senses of case, n.2); spec. (of a book) = hardbacked, adj. 3.