well-boundadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈbaʊnd/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and bound adj.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., bound adj.²

Etymology: < well adv. + bound adj.²

Esp. of a book: firmly, skilfully, or properly bound. Also figurative.

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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > bound > having a good binding

well-bound?1548

?1548 L. Shepherd Phylogamus sig. Aiii Hys workes are so well bownd And buylded on suche grounde As cannot wel decay Tyl the sande be washed away.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 143/2 He wylleth him with al diligence to procure, 50. volumes of partchment well bounde and compacted.

1620 W. Barlow tr. Two Lett. or Embassies sig. B^v The Catholicke Bishops, and other secular Princes, would fill vp this well bound sheafe with their Arrowes.

1622 J. Taylor Verry Merry Wherry-ferry-voy. sig. B7 I gaue his Lordship in red guilded leather, A well bound Booke, of all my Workes together.

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cclxv, in Poems (1878) IV. 67 Whose Volumes Numberless Nature doth Summe In one Compendious Abstract; Well-bound Man!

1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 745 To see the name of idol self, Stamp'd on the well-bound quarto, grace the shelf.

1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 220/2 Most well-bound books have a little appendage at the top of the back-edge, called the ‘head-band’.

1880 Daily News 19 Oct. 4/7 The rubbishy but well-bound book keeps its place on the shelves.

1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 345/2 His glance..travelled from the walls lined with well-bound books to the lamps modulated to the proper light.

1993 A. W. Saxonhouse in A. W. Finifter Polit. Sci. i. 13 The series is giving us at a steady pace fresh, accessible, well-bound paperback editions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-bound
释义	well-boundadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈbaʊnd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and bound adj.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., bound adj.² Etymology: < well adv. + bound adj.² Esp. of a book: firmly, skilfully, or properly bound. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > bound > having a good binding well-bound?1548 ?1548 L. Shepherd Phylogamus sig. Aiii Hys workes are so well bownd And buylded on suche grounde As cannot wel decay Tyl the sande be washed away. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 143/2 He wylleth him with al diligence to procure, 50. volumes of partchment well bounde and compacted. 1620 W. Barlow tr. Two Lett. or Embassies sig. B^v The Catholicke Bishops, and other secular Princes, would fill vp this well bound sheafe with their Arrowes. 1622 J. Taylor Verry Merry Wherry-ferry-voy. sig. B7 I gaue his Lordship in red guilded leather, A well bound Booke, of all my Workes together. a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cclxv, in Poems (1878) IV. 67 Whose Volumes Numberless Nature doth Summe In one Compendious Abstract; Well-bound Man! 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 745 To see the name of idol self, Stamp'd on the well-bound quarto, grace the shelf. 1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 220/2 Most well-bound books have a little appendage at the top of the back-edge, called the ‘head-band’. 1880 Daily News 19 Oct. 4/7 The rubbishy but well-bound book keeps its place on the shelves. 1904 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 345/2 His glance..travelled from the walls lined with well-bound books to the lamps modulated to the proper light. 1993 A. W. Saxonhouse in A. W. Finifter Polit. Sci. i. 13 The series is giving us at a steady pace fresh, accessible, well-bound paperback editions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1548
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