What does "classmark" mean?

A shelfmark of the type that indicates the class of book that the so-marked book belongs to, in a library cataloguing system that has classes; (loosely) synonym of shelfmark.

What is a synonym for "classmark"?

Common synonyms include: shelfmark.

Classmark

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Noun

1
A shelfmark of the type that indicates the class of book that the so-marked book belongs to, in a library cataloguing system that has classes; (loosely) synonym of shelfmark.

Synonyms

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shelfmark

Etymology

From class + mark.

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