bookend

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈbʊkɛnd/ / /ˈbɵkɛnd/ / /ˈbʊkend/

Etymology: From book + end.

A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
“The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year[…]”
“In both Episode 1 and Episode 9, which serve as bookends, Burns found fascinating footage of a 1938 event at which President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to living veterans who wore the Blue and the Gray; […]”

Etymology: From book + end.

To come before and after, or at both sides of.
“Side one has good songs bookended by better songs.”
“The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.”