noun
writing board used on the lap as a table or desk
• Hypernyms: ↑writing board
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : a board used on the lap as a substitute for a table or desk
wrote his first drafts in longhand on a lapboard
commuters playing cards on a lapboard
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/lap"bawrd', -bohrd'/, n.
a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
[1830-40; LAP1 + BOARD]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.