ˈwriting-board
[writing vbl. n. 12 e + board n.]
A board on which to rest the paper while writing.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 534 Wrytynge borde, pluteum. 1648 Hexham ii, Een Schrijf-berdt, a Writing board. 1773 J. Noorthouck Hist. London 619 The writing school..contains long writing boards..to sit and write upon. 1833 Loudon Encycl. Archit. §630 Underneath this writing-board is a space for papers. |