vertical file

noun

1. a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
2. a cabinet for such storage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vertical file¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

While vertical file cabinets store documents front-to-back, lateral file cabinets store files from side to side, which allows manufacturers to max out document storage capacity in a shallower footprint.

From Popular-Science

A vertical file system is less wide than a lateral file cabinet and is therefore better suited to placing alongside or underneath a desktop, which is another important thing to keep in mind.

From Popular-Science

The most universally used of all filing devices is the vertical file.

From Project Gutenberg

Fig. 32 shows an outside cabinet, card index, and vertical file units, which fit the openings in the cabinet.

From Project Gutenberg

This cabinet contains vertical file, card index, legal blank drawers, and document files.

From Project Gutenberg

The omnipresent vertical file was, in reality, a robot memory bank.

From Project Gutenberg

A very satisfactory method of filing designs is to use a file constructed on the principle of the vertical file.

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