hidebound

English

Etymology

hide +‎ bound

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhaɪd.baʊnd/, SAMPA: /"haId.baUnd/

Adjective

hidebound (comparative more hidebound, superlative most hidebound)

1. (of a book) Bound with the hide of an animal.
   • 1992, Winifred Barr Rothenberg, From Market-places to a Market Economy, page 58

     Open the box in which his large hidebound book is kept. The faint smell of manure, over 150 years old, still rises from thick yellowing pages, and you begin to live his life.

2. (of an animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised.
3. (of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
4. Stubborn; narrow-minded.
5. Niggardly; penurious.

Translations

bound with the hide of an animal

of an animal, having skin adhering closely to the ribs and back

of trees, having constricting bark that impedes growth

stubborn, narrow-minded

niggardly, pernicious

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Bulgarian: тесногръд