half-bound

American  

[haf-bound, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌbaʊnd, ˈhɑf- /

adjective

1. bound in half binding.

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half-bound British  

adjective

1. (of a book) having a half-binding

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Etymology

Origin of half-bound

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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half-bound

We retreated from our work, leaving our frames half-bound and unmanned.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Series of Examples of Stalls, Screens, Book-Boards, Roofs, Pulpits, &c., containing 21 Plates beautifully engraved on Copper, from drawings by T. Talbot Bury, Archt. 4to, half-bound, price 10s. 6d., net 8s. 6d.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle

Bickers of Leicester Square marks a copy half-bound in 7 vols. at Five Guineas.

From Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Swift's Works, 5th and 8th do., half-bound; Molière's, 6th do.,

From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding

Large Cr. 8vo., half-bound leather, cloth sides, leather corners, 5/-; cloth extra, gilt edges, 5/-; extra cloth, gilt, 2/6.

From The Girls of St. Olave's by Mabel Mackintosh