"Roxburgh binding" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Roxburgh bindings [plural]
Etymology: From the third duke of Roxburgh (in Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books bound this way. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Roxburgh binding (countable and uncountable, plural Roxburgh bindings)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Books Synonyms: Roxburghe binding
    Sense id: en-Roxburgh_binding-en-noun-6Ykd37eT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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