bookend
[ book-end ]
/ ˈbʊkˌɛnd /
noun
a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
one of two things occurring or located at either end of something else: two events that served as bookends to my career.
verb (used with object)
to occur or be located at the beginning and end of: His term in office was bookended by crises.
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British Dictionary definitions for bookend
book end
noun
one of a pair of usually ornamental supports for holding a row of books upright
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