a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
Origin
1940-45
Examples from the web for spiral binding
Her face pressed into her grade book, so when she picked up her head there was a groove on her cheek from the spiral binding.
He clasped a large sketch pad with a spiral binding.
Usually, people use a staple in the upper left corner or a spiral binding.
Commonly referred to in centralized printing as spiral binding.
Crimp the edges of spiral binding wire to secure the spiral in place.
Textbook allows choice between hardcover binding and hardcover spiral binding.
Please do not use plastic-wire spiral binding, which makes it difficult to take apart and file.
Do not include binders, spiral binding, or color printing.
The application should not be in a binder or spiral binding.
British Dictionary definitions for spiral binding
spiral binding
noun
1.
(bookbinding) a method of securing the pages of a publication by passing a coil of wire through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages