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half-bound
[ haf-bound, hahf- ]
adjective
- bound in half binding.
half-bound
adjective
- (of a book) having a half-binding
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half-bound1
First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences
I could only lie still, half-free and half-bound, and see what turn things were likely to take.
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Also, strongly half-bound, for Lending Libraries, at the reduced price of 2l.
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Half binding, when the leather covers the back and only part of the sides, a book is said to be half bound.
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But she bore within her bosom a pledge that still half bound her to her ancient masters.
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Atlases, plain and coloured, very handsomely and strongly half-bound in morocco or russia, from 12s.
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