book prop

noun

A large, wooden support structure used to support an oversized book, usually found in a library.

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Meanings

nounbook prop (plural book props)

plural book props

  1. A large, wooden support structure used to support an oversized book, usually found in a library.

    The arm-chair by the fireplace; the knee-hole writing-table beside it; the sofa near the recess of a large bay-window, with book-prop and candlestick screwed to its back;

    1862, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, A Strange Story, Volume 1, page 214
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APA

book prop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20prop

MLA

“book prop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20prop. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “book prop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/book%20prop.

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