单词 | lap-board |
释义 | > as lemmaslap-board lap-board n. a board to lay on the lap, as a substitute for a table. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > tray, tray-stand, or trolley table tea-tray1773 lay-board1790 web stand1837 lap-board1840 tray top1934 traymobile1948 1840 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 18 Sept. 2/3 Ashamed! why, I feel as flat as my own lapboard. 1867 A. D. Whitney Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite' s Life vi. 125 On the lap-board across her knees lies her work. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1252/2 Lap-board,..a board resting on the lap and hollowed out on the side next the user. Employed by tailors and seamstresses to cut out work upon. < as lemmas |
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