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roxburgh binding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
rox-burgh bind-ing
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, and the front and bottom left uncut.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the third duke of Roxburgh (in Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books bound this way.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Roxburgh bindings (plural) Roxburghe binding (alternative)

Questions

What does roxburgh binding mean?
A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, and the front and bottom left uncut.
Where does roxburgh binding come from?
From the third duke of Roxburgh (in Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books bound this way.

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