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Hidebound:
[hahyd-bound]
Adjective
1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible:
a hidebound pedant.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative:
a hidebound philosopher.
3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.
Word Origin and History for hidebound
1550s, from hide (n.1) + past tense of bind (v.). Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes" is first recorded c.1600.
[hahyd-bound]
Adjective
1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible:
a hidebound pedant.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative:
a hidebound philosopher.
3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.
Word Origin and History for hidebound
1550s, from hide (n.1) + past tense of bind (v.). Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes" is first recorded c.1600.
