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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hide·bound /ˈhaɪdˌbaʊnd/
 (a.)營養不良的,死板的,量小的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 hide·bound /ˈhaɪdˌbaʊnd/ 形容詞
 繃緊的,包緊的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 2. Hort. Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.
 3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
 4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hidebound
      adj : stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded [syn: traditionalist]