pressmark

A mark consisting of characters written on a book, used to indicate its shelf location.

• 🇫🇷Étiquette ou marque composée de symboles apposée sur un livre, indiquant son emplacement sur un rayon ou dans une collection.

1. Library shelf mark C2 formal british

   A mark consisting of characters written on a book, used to indicate its shelf location in a library.

   • The librarian checked the pressmark to find the correct shelf.
   • Each book in the archive has a unique pressmark for easy retrieval.
   • The pressmark on the spine helped locate the rare volume.

   🇫🇷Cote de rangement

   Synonymes: call number

• pressmarks plural form
• pressmarks' possessive plural form
• pressmark's possessive singular form