bookmobile

[ book-muh-beel, -moh- ]

noun

1. an automobile, small truck, or trailer constructed to carry books and serve as a traveling library, as for communities where libraries are not accessible.

bookmobile

/ ˈbʊkməˌbiːl /

noun

1. a vehicle providing lending library facilities Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)mobile library

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookmobile¹

First recorded in 1935–40; book + -mobile

Example Sentences

For example, the bookmobile was a WPA program—old bread and milk trucks full of nailed-up shelves.

From The Daily Beast