saddle stitching

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The Birkin would be bigger than the Kelly, but smaller than the Haut à Courroies, and contain interior pockets for storing belongings, as well as a burnished flap top with the house’s signature saddle stitching and a turn-lock swivel clasp.

From New York Times

By day, the Gucci gentleman is into top drawer sportswear from the Equestrian theme with suede padding on trousers and shirts, jockey jackets, crimson linings and saddle stitching, to the micro-quilted fencing jackets and the wide golf trousers complete with elegant pleats.

From Seattle Times

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.

From Time Magazine Archive