spiral binding


noun

a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.

Origin of spiral binding

First recorded in 1940–45

British Dictionary definitions for spiral binding

spiral binding

noun

bookbinding a method of securing the pages of a publication by passing a coil of wire through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages