bookchest

English

Etymology

From book +‎ chest.

Noun

bookchest (plural bookchests)

1. A chest for the storage of books.
   • 1903, New Jersey. State Board of Education, Annual Report, page 52:

     Bookchests will be ready for distribution on the 4th Saturday of September and January. Books sent to the respective Circles are charged to the officers.

   • 2013, Nancy Marie Brown, The Abacus and the Cross, page 206:

     He composed hymns, read holy works, and carried his bookchests wherever he went.