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Roxburgh binding

Roxburgh binding noun: a style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, and the front and bottom left uncut.

Noun

Roxburgh binding (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburgh bindings)

  1. A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, and the front and bottom left uncut.

Forms of Roxburgh binding

pluralRoxburgh bindings
alternative formRoxburghe binding

Origin of Roxburgh binding

From the third duke of Roxburgh (in Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books bound this way.

Questions about Roxburgh binding

What does Roxburgh binding mean?
Roxburgh binding means a style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, and the front and bottom left uncut.
What part of speech is Roxburgh binding?
Roxburgh binding is a noun.
What is the plural of Roxburgh binding?
The plural of Roxburgh binding is Roxburgh bindings.

Words near Roxburgh binding in the dictionary

  1. roxatidine
  2. Roxboro
  3. Roxborough
  4. Roxboroughs
  5. Roxburgh
  6. Roxburgh binding
  7. Roxburgh bindings
  8. Roxburgh fig
  9. Roxburgh Park
  10. Roxburghe binding
  11. Roxburghe bindings

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