noun, adjective
noun
- a book or edition with covers of cloth, cardboard, or leatherCompare paperback
adjective
- Also: casebound (ˈkeɪsˌbaʊnd), hardbound (ˈhɑːdˌbaʊnd), hardcover (ˈhɑːdˌkʌvə) of or denoting a hardback or the publication of hardbacks
“type of book bound in stiff boards,” 1954, from hard + back (n.).