paste-downn.
/ˈpeɪs(t)daʊn/, U.S. /ˈpeɪs(t)ˌdaʊn/ Bookbinding.
(In modern bindings) the part of the endpaper which is pasted to the inside of a book's cover; (in earlier bindings) a piece of paper or parchment used as a lining inside a book's cover.
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lettering piece1783
joint1835
square1835
turn-in1873
tuck1880
doublure1886
paste-down1888
tuck-cover1893
pocket1900
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 97 Paste-downs, the blank flyleaves, sometimes coloured, at either end of a book which are pasted down on the covers.
1901 D. Cockerell Bookbinding xvii. 256 All rubbing down must be done through paper, or the ‘paste-down’ will be soiled.
1954 N. R. Ker (title) Fragments of medieval manuscripts used as pastedowns in Oxford bindings.
1972 P. Gaskell New Introd. Bibliogr. 148 Then the endpapers were sewn on... Their purpose was, as paste-downs, to reinforce the joints of the covers.
2000 Oxoniensia 64 56 One label is pasted in the middle of the front pastedown of each volume.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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