shelfback

English

Etymology

From shelf +‎ back.

Noun

shelfback (plural shelfbacks)

  1. The vertical surface forming the back of a shelf.
    • 2001, Regina McBride, The Nature of Water and Air, page 62:
      She came home later that day from Mrs. Rafferty's with a blue platter, which she placed standing up against the shelfback in the linen closet.
  2. The spine of a book.
    • 1934, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 153, page 71:
      There was the man who collected any old volumes on etymology. There was a collector of books with gilded Victorian shelfbacks.
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