Definizione monolingua

hidebound

hidebound (comparative more hidebound, superlative most hidebound)

1. (of a book) Bound with the hide of an animal.
   • 1992, Winifred Barr Rothenberg, From Market-places to a Market Economy, page 58

     Open the box in which his large hidebound book is kept. The faint smell of manure, over 150 years old, still rises from thick yellowing pages, and you begin to live his life.

2. (of an animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised.
3. (of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
4. Stubborn; narrow-minded.
5. Niggardly; penurious.

Definizione dizionario hidebound

Altri significati:

Stubborn; narrow-minded.

(of a book) Bound with the hide of an animal.

Niggardly; penurious.

(of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.

(of an animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised.