hidebound Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
    traditionalist.

WordNet

Hide"bound` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
  2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. Bacon.
  3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. Milton. Carlyle.
  4. Niggardly; penurious. Obs. Quarles.

Webster 1913