self-bindern.
/ˌsɛlfˈbʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈbaɪndər/ Originally U.S.
1. A detachable cover for binding loose sheets of paper, issues of a magazine, etc.; a binder.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover > binder for unbound periodicals, etc.
case1750
binder1837
self-binder1838
sermon case1853
bookcase1885
ring binder1906
1838 Daily Herald & Gaz. (Cleveland, Ohio) 11 Aug. (advt.) By means of this self-binder, from one sheet to a volume may be bound at pleasure.
1872 Harper's Bazar 16 Mar. 198/1 The self-binder or cover for a volume of the Bazar costs seventy-five cents.
1950 Times 26 July 6/5 A self-binder for The Times, which takes one month's issues on sprung cords, is now available.
1998 Gramophone Jan. 175/1 If back issues of Gramophone are beginning to take over your house, why not restrain them in our smart self-binders?
2. A reaping machine which binds the crop into sheaves automatically. Now historical.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > reaping-machine > types of
jowlc1420
header1852
heading machine1853
self-delivery1853
self-binder1859
self-deliverer1859
reaper-binder1880
string-binder1891
windrower1948
1859 U.S. Patent 25,308 3/2 For the purpose of adapting an ordinary hand-delivery mowing-machine into a self-binder, or vice versa.
1882 Evening Star 28 June The country has more wheat growing than it could reap save for self-binders.
1914 A. M. Ten Eyck Wheat vi. 72 The grain is bound into bundles with a self binder, and placed in small shocks in the field.
2015 Farmers Weekly (Nexis) 8 May I loved every minute on that seat because I had come from the age of the self-binder and stooking and stacking sheaves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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