'Reading desk' definitions:

Definition of 'reading desk'

(from WordNet)
noun
Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer [syn: lectern, reading desk]

Definition of 'Reading desk'

From: GCIDE
  • Reading \Read"ing\, a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. [1913 Webster]
  • Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
  • Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church.
  • Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
  • Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student.
  • Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. [1913 Webster]