unfinishedbinding
nounUK /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt ˈbaɪndɪŋ/
US /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt ˈbaɪndɪŋ/
A book cover that is not fully put together yet.
The shelf held an unfinishedbinding waiting for its pages to be glued in.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A job of putting a book together that has not been completed.
The workshop closed with one unfinishedbinding still on the table.
3. A cover that is only partly attached to a book.
The old diary had an unfinishedbinding that kept coming loose.
4. A stage in making a book before the final cover is fixed.
At the unfinishedbinding stage, the pages are still held with thread.