hardbound

American  

[hahrd-bound] / ˈhɑrdˈbaʊnd /

adjective

1. (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.

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Etymology

Origin of hardbound

First recorded in 1725–35; hard + bound ¹

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hardbound

Yet here, on the Berliners’ own label, is a deluxe set of 24 discs, complete with lavish hardbound book, featuring Karajan and the orchestra in radio broadcasts from 1953 through 1969.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

In honor of the series’ 40th anniversary, Fantagraphics is publishing a hardbound boxed set reproducing its first 50 issues; it’s expensive and worth it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

I have nice, hardbound editions of 'The Iliad,' 'The Odyssey,' 'The Aeneid' and others.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2020

Absent the defining consumer product—a hardbound Webster’s Third or a pressed vinyl Sgt.

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2015

There was also, poignantly now, a slender, hardbound history of Centralia, prepared to mark the town’s centenary just before the outbreak of the fire.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson