Sawing-in

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English

noun

"The process of sawing grooves across the spine of the gathered sections of a book for reception of the cords used in sewing a book on recessed (sawn-in) cords."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Matt T. and Don Etherington. "Sawing in". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Conservation Online, 1994. Web. 29 March 2016.</ref>

Synonyms

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


Translations

  • Dutch: (translation needed)
  • Finnish: [[selän uurresahaus|status=preferred|source=Nord}}


German: (translation needed)
  • Italian: (translation needed)
  • Latin: (translation needed)
  • Norwegian: [[innsaging|status=preferred|source=Nord}}
  • Spanish: (translation needed)
  • Swedish: [[insågning|status=preferred|source=Nord}}