'Hornbook' definitions:

Definition of 'hornbook'

(from WordNet)
noun
A primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge

Definition of 'Hornbook'

From: GCIDE
  • Hornbook \Horn"book`\, n.
  • 1. The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. "He teaches boys the hornbook." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hornbook'

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