| 单词 | halfbound |
| 释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : ˈhalf-boundadj. > as lemmashalf-bound a. transitive. To fasten together the sheets of (a book), and put it into a stiff cover. Technically ‘binding’ is covering with leather, vellum, or other durable material; though in ordinary language we say ‘bound in cloth.’ A book is half-bound when it has a leather back, and the sides covered with cloth or paper. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)] bind?a1400 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3317 The sexte had a sawtere semliche bowndene. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xiiiv I haue them [my books] in great reuerence..Full goodly bounde in pleasaunt couerture. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 37 That no Byble should be bounde without the Apocripha. 1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing vii. sig. C4 No person..shall bind, stitch, or put to sale, any such booke. 1716 A. Pope Further Acct. E. Curll 9 He always binds in Sheep. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 49 A huge tome, bound In brass and wild-boar's hide. half-bound half-bound adj. having the back only, or back and corners, of leather, the rest of the binding being cloth or paper. Also extracted from boundadj.2< see also as lemmas |
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