Hornbook Definition
hôrnbo͝ok
noun
A sheet of parchment with the alphabet, a table of numbers, etc. on it, mounted on a small board with a handle and protected by a thin, transparent plate of horn: it was formerly used as a child's primer.
Webster's New World
A text that instructs in the basic skills or rudiments of a subject.
American Heritage
An elementary treatise.
Webster's New World
A law textbook, often one relied upon as authoritative in the field.
Webster's New World Law
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