Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
benched
An obsolete term referring to a book prepared for sewing or some other forwarding operation. It was also applied to the process of flattening the backing ridge of a section. See:
KNOCKING OUT THE GROOVE
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