单词 | re-case |
释义 | re-ˈcase, v. [re- 5 c.] trans. To furnish with a new case; to case again; spec. to rebind (a book) using its original case or a new one. Hence reˈcased ppl. a.; reˈcasing vbl. n.
1853–8Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. II. 340 The body of the church has been almost entirely recased with stone. 1920T. J. Wise Bibliogr. Writings J. Conrad i. 4 It is clear that ex-library copies of Almayer's Folly..have recently been made attractive and marketable by the apparently simple process of re-casing them in cloth. Ibid., when the binding looks very green and new..the book is probably a re-cased one. 1952J. Carter ABC for Book-Collectors 150 A book which, being shaken or loose, has been taken out of its covers and re-settled in them more firmly is said to be re-cased. Ibid, Most re-casing is not hard to detect. 1977Shotton's (Durham) Catal. Oct., Recased into orig. cloth. |

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