bookbindery

[ book-bahyn-duh-ree ]

noun

, plural book·bind·er·ies.

1. bindery.

bookbindery

/ ˈbʊkˌbaɪndərɪ /

noun

1. a place in which books are bound Often shortened tobindery

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookbindery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; bookbinder + -ry

Example Sentences

Thence into a back hall piled high with boxes and past the presses of a bookbindery to the freight elevator.

From Project Gutenberg

At the bookbindery several women and girls are engaged to fold the sheets.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a nineteen-year-old lad who, when I knew him two years before, was doing boy's work in the Collier bookbindery.

From Project Gutenberg

Silk is used in the bookbindery as end papers in extra work, and also for fancy goods and for lining boxes.

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