Definition of "hidebound" in Englisch

adjective

1. Bound with the hide of an animal.

2. (of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.

3. (of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.

4. (figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.

5. (obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.

   • 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas hath my purse been hidebound to my hungry brother?