half binding

half binding

n.

A bookbinding in which the back and often the corners of the volume are bound in a material differing from the rest of the cover.

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Noun

1.

half binding - book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another book binding, cover, binding, back - the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"