Bookbinding. The ornamentation of the cut edges of a book using hot irons and sometimes gilding. Cf. antique, adj. 5. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [noun] (27) antiquing1728 Bookbinding. The ornamentation of the cut edges of a book using hot irons and sometimes gilding. Cf. antique, adj. 5. Obsolete. royal binding1808 a binding embellished with a royal coat of arms. Russia binding1817 binding (for a book) made of Russia leather; also as a count noun. gothique1818 An antique style of binding. half-binding1821 A style of binding of books in which the back and corners are of leather, the sides being of cloth or paper. Roxburghe1839 attributive. Designating a style of bookbinding designed for the Roxburghe Club and characterized by a plain flat back in leather with gilt… paper cover1843 a stiff paper cover (or one of a pair) for a book; (also) a book with such a cover, a paperback. trade binding1874 a uniform binding provided by a publisher for an edition of a book before it is offered for sale; = publisher's binding n. at publisher, n.… tree-calf1879 see quots. Grolier1880 Used attributively to designate the interlacing geometrical designs which adorn the bindings of Grolier's books. Also absol.: a Grolier binding. yapp1883 Name for a style of bookbinding in limp leather with overlapping edges or flaps. cloth-work1885 Work done in cloth, or of the nature of cloth; bookbinders' work in cloth. publisher's binding1885 a uniform binding provided by a publisher for an edition of a book before it is offered for sale. tree-marble1885 treed calf1892 Decorated with a tree-like pattern: treed calf = tree-calf n. at tree, n. compounds 2c. presentation binding1893 quarter leather1894 quarter binding in leather. quarter calf1896 calfskin quarter binding. three-quarter binding1897 a style of bookbinding having more leather than half-binding: see quot. library binding1903 a special strong binding of books for lending libraries. circuit-binding1909 (see quot.) = yapp, n. publisher's cloth1911 a publisher's binding in which cloth is used as the covering material. quarter binding1912 a style of bookbinding in which the spine is bound in one material, typically leather, and the rest of the cover in another. loose back1923 a method of binding the spine of a book to make it open more easily. open back1923 = loose back n. at loose, adj. n.2adv. compounds 2; cf. fastback, n. 1. spring-back1923 A book bound in such a way that the spine opens easily; (also) the binding of such a book. Cf. loose back n. at loose, adj. n.2adv. compounds 2. spiral binding1949 a book binding in which a helical wire passes through a closely spaced row of holes near the inside edge of each leaf. |
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