saddle stitching

British

noun

a method of binding in which the sections of a publication are inserted inside each other and secured through the middle fold with thread, or wire staples

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The President, with a bravely smiling Betty Ford at his side, was all tricked out like a cocktail cowboy in a snazzy Western-style shirt suit of blue-gray flannel decorated with white saddle stitching.

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