Found 2 items, similar to Hidebound.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hidebound hidebound adj : stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded [syn: traditionalist]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hidebound Hidebound \Hide"bound`\, a. 1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. --Milton. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] --Quarles. [1913 Webster]