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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Half-bound \Half"-bound`\ (-bound`), n.
   Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

half-bound
    adj 1: (of books) having the back bound in one material and the
           sides in another