Meaning Of The Word Hornbook

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hornbook in American English
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
noun: a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read

hornbook in British English
noun: a page bearing a religious text or the alphabet, held in a frame with a thin window of flattened cattle horn over it

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