hollow back

American  

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.

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hollow-back British  

noun

1. pathol the nontechnical name for lordosis Compare hunchback

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Other Word Forms

• hollow-backed adjective

Example Sentences

I sneaked out a quart jar of peaches, some cold corn bread, and a few onions, and started up the hollow back of our house.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

For cloth or half-cloth binding a hollow back is frequently glued on.

From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul

Now he will keep along this side hill, for he may cross this hollow back and forth three or four times before we find him fast.

From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel

The hollow back of this barrier would prove a very good refuge against the storm, for it happened to face in the best possible way.

From Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country by Rathborne, St. George

It is best in this case to use what is known as a hollow back.

From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel