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

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 Buckle, Mary

Three vols, demy 8vo, morocco, 3l. 3s.; or in two vols, super-royal 8vo, neatly half-bound in morocco, gilt edges, 3l. 10s.; morocco, 3l. 16s.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John

Large Cr. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges, 5/-; half-bound leather, cloth sides, leather corners, 3/6; extra cloth, gilt, 2/6; cloth, extra gilt, 2/-; cloth, 1/-.

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

Post 8vo, printed on laid paper and half-bound, 2s.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir