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

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 Literature

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

From Project Gutenberg

If the boarded book has a hollow back, first one end is shaped and the projecting back is neatly cut clean and straight to the other board with the shears, and then the other end is shaped.

From Project Gutenberg

If he has a defect, that defect is to be inherited by the whole future flock; if it is a material one—as, for example, a hollow back, bad cross, or thin fleece, or a highly uneven fleece—the flock will be one of low quality and little value.

From Project Gutenberg

Called "hollow back" in England.

From Project Gutenberg