HORNBOOK


Meaning of HORNBOOK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯrn-ˌbu̇k ]

noun

Date: circa 1595

1. : a child's primer consisting of a sheet of parchment or paper protected by a sheet of transparent horn

2. : a rudimentary treatise

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.