Smyth sewing

or Smythe sewing

[ smahyth, smith ]

noun

, Bookbinding.

1. a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.

Other Words From

• Smyth-sewn adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Smyth sewing¹

After David M. Smyth (1833–1907), Irish-born U.S. inventor, who designed a machine performing this kind of sewing