A type of bookbinding in which the spine and corners are bound in one material (typically leather) and the rest of the cover in another.
半皮面装订（指书脊和书角用皮革等材料，其余部分用另一种材料）
Example sentencesExamples
We offer full cloth as well as quarter and half binding in leather and cloth.
The ‘pull’ of a half binding does not warp the cover, therefore the doublure is generally sufficient to control the board.
The material extends almost to the corners on the sides, i.e., much more than in the case of a half binding.
Full leather is much more expensive than half binding, though not doubly so.
Derivatives
half-bound
adjectiveˈhɑːfbaʊnd
Our hardbacks are all sewn, on quality papers, with a variety of covers: you can choose book cloth, full leather, or quarter- and half-bound editions of leather and hand marbled paper.
Example sentencesExamples
Book is brown leather half-bound, raised bands, gilt lettering, original owner's name blind-stamped in gilt at heel of spine, old book publisher's label on front pastedown.
The facsimile faithfully reproduces the manuscript score in its original form in three volumes, each half-bound in leather with gilt impressions on the spine.
There are 26 lettered copies half-bound in black Asahi cloth and hand-made marbled paper.
Definition of half binding in US English:
half binding
nounhaf ˈbīndiNG
A type of bookbinding in which the spine and corners are bound in one material (typically leather) and the rest of the cover in another.
半皮面装订（指书脊和书角用皮革等材料，其余部分用另一种材料）
Example sentencesExamples
The material extends almost to the corners on the sides, i.e., much more than in the case of a half binding.
We offer full cloth as well as quarter and half binding in leather and cloth.
Full leather is much more expensive than half binding, though not doubly so.
The ‘pull’ of a half binding does not warp the cover, therefore the doublure is generally sufficient to control the board.