hollow back

American  

noun

Bookbinding.

1. a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.

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hollow-back British  

noun

1. pathol the nontechnical name for lordosis Compare hunchback

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Other Word Forms

• hollow-backed adjective

Example Sentences

I sneaked out a quart jar of peaches, some cold corn bread, and a few onions, and started up the hollow back of our house.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

The rounded head, the long hollow back, the smooth tawny skin, were not to be mistaken.

From The Boy Hunters by Unknown

If a book is sewn on tapes, and the back lined with leather, there is no serious objection to a carefully-made hollow back without bands.

From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel

"Ahdab," the common hunchback; in classical language the Gobbo in the text would be termed "Ak'as" from "Ka'as," one with protruding back and breast; sometimes used for hollow back and protruding breast.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

John equipped himself, and, with a lantern in hand, was soon seen guiding the senator's carriage towards a road that ran down in a hollow, back of his dwelling.

From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher