hidebound

== English == === Alternative forms === hide-bound (less common) === Etymology === From hide (“animal skin”, noun) +‎ bound (“tied”, adjective). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪd.baʊnd/ === Adjective === hidebound (comparative more hidebound, superlative most hidebound) Bound with the hide of an animal. (of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated. (of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth. (figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible. (obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy. 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas hath my purse been hidebound to my hungry brother? ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === leatherbound === References === “hidebound”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.