bone-bound

Updated: May 22, 2025

Here was sensation indeed, for though old M. Rossignol, the Seigneur, had an eye- glass, it was held to his eye a large bone-bound thing with a little gold handle; but no one in Chaudiere had ever worn a glass in his eye like that. Presently people came and stood at the tailor's door and talked, or listened to Louis Trudel and M'sieu' talking.

Gilbert Parker - The Right of Way — Volume 02

Here was sensation indeed, for though old M. Rossignol, the Seigneur, had an eye-glass, it was held to his eye a large bone-bound thing with a little gold handle; but no one in Chaudiere had ever worn a glass in his eye like that. Presently people came and stood at the tailor's door and talked, or listened to Louis Trudel and M'sieu' talking.

Gilbert Parker - The Right of Way — Complete