2. Verb. To extend beyond its normal bounds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disbound
1. not having a binding [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbound
Literary usage of Disbound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"There were originally over 300 scrolls, since disbound, which contained drafts
of letters, essays, and lectures, composed by Hare on ordinary sheets of ..."
2. The Library of Lewis Henry Morgan by Thomas R. Trautmann, Kabelac, Karl Sanford (1994)
"MS. by Morgan, disbound pages from Nathaniel H. Morgan's genealogy (pp. 169-184,
225, with annotations by Morgan) and newspaper clipping obituary of Capt. ..."
3. The Digital Library: A Biography by Daniel I. Greenstein, Suzanne Elizabeth Thorin, Digital Library Federation (2002)
"In cases where the books are disbound (and sometimes even when they are not),
the book is not recreated in paper, rebound, and returned to the shelf or even ..."
4. The Library of Benjamin Franklin by Edwin Wolf, Kevin J. Hayes (2006)
"Jonathan Law disbound, in a cloth case; formerly item 4 in a volume of miscellaneous
pamphlets assembled by ..."
5. Early History of Michigan by Stephen D. Bingham (1888)
"disbound book. Paste washed spine. Deacidified. Overcast new endsheets. Added new
machine- woven headbands. Lined the spine. Rebound in new case- style ..."
6. The Independent Review (1904)
"From the " me " disbound That gave me birth ? A wrestler—who too often tried his
worth, Brought his own might too often to the ground, In own success own ..."
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