noun
saddle stitch
A binding method where folded sheets are stapled or sewn along the center fold. Common in booklets, magazines, and pamphlets.
この冊子は中綴じで製本されています。
This booklet is bound with saddle stitching.
中綴じはページ数が少ない印刷物に向いている。
Saddle stitching is suitable for printed materials with a small number of pages.
Perfect binding; pages are glued at the spine, unlike saddle stitching which uses staples or thread along the center fold.
Side stitching; pages are stapled along the edge rather than the center fold.
Compound of 中 (naka, 'middle') and 綴じ (toji, 'binding'), referring to binding along the center fold.