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book rest

British  

noun

  1. a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Most mornings, I unpack my laptop computer and a book rest that almost matches the oak paneling and get to work.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2015

Vast portions of the book rest on a logical error that Weingarten also dabbles in: MacDonald is a creep.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2012

The length of the back board determines the slope for the book rest.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

If I let the book rest on my lap, I had to look downward at it in order to read it.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy

The slot must be cut at the right angle to give the desired slope to the book rest.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3 by Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven)

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