Meaning of shelfback | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The vertical surface forming the back of a shelf.
2. The spine of a book.

Examples

“She came home later that day from Mrs. Rafferty's with a blue platter, which she placed standing up against the shelfback in the linen closet.”

“There was the man who collected any old volumes on etymology. There was a collector of books with gilded Victorian shelfbacks.”

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