quarter binding


noun

a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.

Origin of quarter binding

First recorded in 1910–15

OTHER WORDS FROM quarter binding

quar·ter-bound [kwawr-ter-bound] /ˈkwɔr tərˌbaʊnd/, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for quarter-bound

quarter-bound

adjective

(of a book) having a binding consisting of two types of material, the better type being used on the spine