tablebook

English

Etymology

From table +‎ book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteɪbəlˌbʊk/

Noun

tablebook (plural tablebooks)

1. (obsolete) A tablet for writing in; a notebook.
   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:

     Put into your table-book whatever you judge worthy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tablebook”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)