shelfback
Noun
The vertical surface forming the back of a shelf.
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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.
The spine of a book.
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There was the man who collected any old volumes on etymology. There was a collector of books with gilded Victorian shelfbacks.
Word forms
shelfbacks