hollow back

noun

, Bookbinding.

1. a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.

hollow-back

noun

1. pathol the nontechnical name for lordosis Compare hunchback

Other Words From

• hollow-backed adjective

Example Sentences

Some, however, feature hollow-back irons that are a combination of hybrid and super game-improvement irons.

From Golf Digest

And two winning virtuosos are Joshua Culbreath, whose headstand into a backbend — a hollow-back, when the legs reach parallel to the floor — and Shafeek Westbrook, a dancer seemingly without a semblance of gravity.

From New York Times