A kind of writing-frame for a blind or partially-sighted person.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in George Ticknor (1791–1871). From nocti- + -o- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark.
Definition of noctograph in US English:
noctograph
noun
A kind of writing-frame for a blind or partially-sighted person.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in George Ticknor (1791–1871). From nocti- + -o- + -graph. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark.