Hide″bound′ (?), a. 1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; — said of an animal.
2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; — said of trees. Bacon.
3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. Milton. Carlyle.
4. Niggardly; penurious. Quarles.