Definition of hollow back
: a book back in which the backs of the sections are affixed to the backbone of the cover only at the joints, the separation sometimes being made by a flattened tubular lining of paper or cloth also : a book so bound or a style of binding featuring this construction
— called also open back, spring back
— compare tight backboneComments on hollow back
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