Groove

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English

noun

Definition

"The V-shaped or rectangular incisions made on the outside of the boards connecting the holes made for lacing-in with the edges of the board." <ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Grooves". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 2 September 2014.</ref>

For the term that refers to the space between the edge of the board and the spine, see joint, French joint, or French groove.

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Translations for "groove"

• French: échancrure<ref name="Kuhn">Kuhn, Hilde. Wörterbuch Der Handbuchbinderei Und Der Restaurierung: Von Einbänden, Papyri, Handschriften, Graphiken, Autographen, Urkunden Und Globen in Deutscher, Englischer, Französischer Und Italienischer Sprache. Stuttgart: Hettler, 1969. Print.</ref>, encoche<ref name="Kuhn" />

• German: Kerbe, Ausnehmung<ref name="Kuhn" />,

• Italian: fossetta<ref name="Kuhn" />, scodelletta<ref name="Kuhn" />