Backing

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English

Definition

"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, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Backing". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 23 September 2014.</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

Translations for "back"

• Danish: (translation needed)

• Dutch: knepen

• French: endosser

• German: (translation needed)

• Italian: 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)

• Spanish: sacar cajos

• Swedish: (translation needed)

Noun

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

Related terms

backing boards, rounding

Translations for "backing"

• Danish: (translation needed)

• Dutch: knepen

• French: endossure<ref name="ICA">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: Abpressen<ref name="ICA" />

• Italian: 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" />, indorsatura<ref name="ICA" />

• Latin: (translation needed)

• Spanish: sacar cajos

• Swedish: Falsslagning

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