ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: hide (IV) + bound
1.
a. : having a dry skin lacking in pliancy and adhering closely to the underlying flesh and usually also a rough and lusterless coat especially as an accompaniment to disease — used of domestic animals
b. : having scleroderma — used of human beings
c. : having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes growth — used of trees
2.
a. obsolete : sparing in expenditure : miserly
b. : having an inflexible or ultraconservative character : bigoted , narrow
a nature sometimes hidebound and selfish and narrow to the last degree — G.G.Coulton
the most hidebound bureaucrat could not have been more obsoletely reactionary, uninventive, and obstructive — G.B.Shaw
judicial proceedings should not be hidebound by arbitrary rules handed down from the past — K.W.Colgrove
• hide·bound·ness ˈhīdˌbau̇nnə̇s also -ndnə̇s noun -es