[f. prec. + -Y: see -ERY.] A bookbinder’s workshop or establishment. (First in use in U.S.)
1793. Pennsylv. Gaz., 27 Nov., 3/1. The printing office and bindery of Messrs. Charles and George Webster.
1828. in Webster.
1833. Penny Cycl., I. 449/1, s.v. Americanism; Bindery, meaning ‘a place where books are bound’ … is not a bad word.
1879. Academy, 11 Oct., 265. The bindery at the Boston Public Library.
1882. Encycl. Brit., s.v. Libraries, Provision … for work-rooms, librarians’ offices, cataloguing rooms, and a Bindery.
