handboundadj.
/ˈhan(d)baʊnd/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌbaʊnd/ 1. Of a person: bound by the hands. Now archaic and rare.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled > by the hands or arms
handfastc1410
pinioned1567
manacled1586
handboundc1604
handcuffed1742
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) i. 12 Better hand bounde wrasell with the sea.
1832 Schoolmaster 20 Apr. 251/2 The Muscovites brought him forth, (handbound and footbound).
1853 Gen. Baptist Repository Feb. 81/2 Next we have him a close handbound prisoner, kept by kingcraft to season a Jewish holiday with his blood.
1993 S. Lawhead Endless Knot xxxvii. 382 In shuffled Tegid, Gwion, Bran, and the Ravens, handbound all of them.
2. Of a book: bound by hand, rather than by machine.
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1900 N.Y. Times 22 July 4/6 There is an increasing appreciation of the practical value as well as the beauty of a hand-bound book.
1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 171/1 Brass letters..which are used..for lettering the title, etc., on the cover of a hand-bound book.
1992 Nauset Cal. Aug. 5/1 Crosman from Boston with hand-bound marblized books and paper will add new interest to this year's show.
2004 E. Reid D.B. iii. 91 They..carried large hand-bound ‘soulcheck’ journals tucked under their arms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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