hardbound
/ˈhɑːdbaʊnd/adjective
1Suffering from constipation.
2Of a book: bound in stiff covers; hardbacked. Compare paperbound rare before 20th cent. and now chiefly US.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Peter Levens (fl. 1552–1587), lexicographer. From hard + bound.
- iron carbide
- iron-cased
- iron cement
- iron chamber
- Iron Chink
- Iron City
- ironclad
- ironclad oath
- iron clay
- iron-clenched
- iron cloth
- iron-clothed
- Iron Cross
- Iron Crown
- Iron Curtain
- Iron Curtain country
- iron deficiency
- iron deficiency anaemia
- iron deficiency anemia
- iron-deficient
- irone
- ironer
- ironface
- iron fall
- iron filings