hide-bound

English

Adjective

hide-bound (comparative more hide-bound, superlative most hide-bound)

1. Alternative form of hidebound.
   • 1885: Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

     O, I know he's a good fellow--you needn't frown--an excellent fellow, and I always mean to see more of him; but a hide-bound pedant for all that; an ignorant, blatant pedant.