A case or cupboard for books; a set of bookshelves shut in by doors, glazed or otherwise. Hence Bookcased ppl. a., Bookcase-maker.
1742. Young, Nt. Th., V. 257. This book-case, with dark booty almost burst.
1849. W. Irving, Crayon Misc., 225. On each side of the cabinet were book-cases, well stored with works of romantic fiction.
1861. Our Eng. Home, 132. During the fifteenth century the introduction of bookcases, as articles of domestic furniture.
