- lapboard
- noun Date: 1804 a board used on the lap as a table or desk
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lapboard
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Lapboard — Lap board , n. A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lapboard — ☆ lapboard [lap′bôrd΄ ] n. a flat board placed on or over the lap and used as a table or desk … English World dictionary
lapboard — noun writing board used on the lap as a table or desk • Hypernyms: ↑writing board * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a board used on the lap as a substitute for a table or desk wrote his first drafts in longhand on a lapboard commuters playing cards on a… … Useful english dictionary
lapboard — /lap bawrd , bohrd /, n. a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface. [1830 40; LAP1 + BOARD] * * * … Universalium
lapboard — noun A board held on the lap as a simple lap desk … Wiktionary
lapboard — n. writing table which rests on the knees … English contemporary dictionary
lapboard — lap•board [[t]ˈlæpˌbɔrd, ˌboʊrd[/t]] n. a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface • Etymology: 1830–40 … From formal English to slang
lapboard — /ˈlæpbɔd/ (say lapbawd) noun a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table …
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