Backing

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English

verb

1. "The process of shaping a ridge or shoulder on each side of the spine of a text block prior to the application of the spine lining material"<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Don., et al. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books : a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Library of Congress : For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1982.</ref>

Zaehnsdorf, Joseph W. The Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1880. Online resource

For the term that means the lamination of two different materials together, see Lining, Lamination, or Laminate.

Related terms

• backing boards, rounding, Rounding and backing machine

• Danish: (translation needed)

{{Concept translation|language=nl|label=knepen]]

German: (translation needed)

{{Concept translation|language=it|label=indossare|indosare]] <ref name="Dizionario">Macchi, Federico, Livio Macchi, Milena Alessi, Michel Wittock, and Piccarda Quilici. Dizionario Illustrato Della Legatura. Milano: S. Bonnard, 2002. Print.</ref>

• Latin: (translation needed)

Swedish: (translation needed)

Noun

(present participle of the verb, 'to back')

Related terms

backing boards, rounding

• Danish: (translation needed)

{{Concept translation|language=nl|label=knepen]]

Crespo Nogueira, Carmen, ed. ICA Handbooks Series : Glossary of Basic Archival and Library Conservation Terms : English with Equivalents in Spanish, German, Italian, French and Russian. Munchen, DEU: K. G. Saur, 2010. ProQuest ebrary. Web. http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/lib/asulib/detail.action?docID=10591270</ref>

• German: Abpressen1

{{Concept translation|language=it|label=arrotondare il doros]] <ref name="Dizionario">Macchi, Federico, Livio Macchi, Milena Alessi, Michel Wittock, and Piccarda Quilici. Dizionario Illustrato Della Legatura. Milano: S. Bonnard, 2002. Print.</ref> indosare<ref name="Dizionario" />, indorsatura1

• Latin: (translation needed)

{{Concept translation|language=es|label=sacar cajos]]

{{Concept translation|language=sv|label=Falsslagning]]

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