diced pattern ( diced binding, diced leather )
1. The decorated cover of a book tooled with cubes
or diamonds. RUSSIA
LEATHER is often "diced" and diced calf has
been used frequently since the first quarter of
the 19th century. 2. A pattern ruled or embossed
in leather in the form of diamond squares. 3. A
pattern in publishers' book cloth, in the form of
a bold diamond, popular between 1835 and 1845. (140 , 159 , 261 )