lensboard

American

[lenz-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈlɛnzˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

Or lens board

noun

Photography.

the usually removable front panel of a view camera or enlarger on which the lens is mounted.

First recorded in 1890–95; lens + board

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