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Writing board   /rˈaɪtɪŋ bɔrd/   Listen
Writing board

noun
1.
Work surface consisting of a wide lightweight board that can be placed across the lap and used for writing.





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"Writing board" Quotes from Famous Books



... those on the lower 2, 4 and 6. These are made within spaces about three-sixteenths of an inch square each, by a styles which resembles a small, dull awl or centre punch. To prevent the dots being confused the writer uses a writing board, to which the paper is clamped by a metallic guide-rule perforated with two or more rows of these squares. The pupils make these punctured letters with great precision and rapidity, and frequently conduct their correspondence with their ...
— The World As I Have Found It - Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl • Mary L. Day Arms


Words linked to "Writing board" :   lapboard, clipboard, work surface


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