noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An endband attached to the bottom of the spine of a book.
2. 2
   an endband along the bottom edge of the book (as a book is standing upright). wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

backingbindingbookbindingbookcasecasecover

Etymology

From tail + band.

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