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gathering board (plural gathering boards)

  1. (bookbinding) A table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.
    • 1874, “United States Patent Office”, in Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:
      To the rear of the machine is attached a gathering board on a horizontal line with a pivot in the roller about midway between the axis and top

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