lending library en · NOUN
Meanings
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A library from which books are lent out.
The use of three or four rooms under the old shareholders' room at Derby Station was granted, and a lending library was inaugurated.
1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lending libraries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |