mendery

Noun

 * 1) The department of a library where damaged books are repaired.
 * 2) * 1992, Who, What and Where in Book Repair: Institutional Profiles of the LCCDG, 1992,, February 2, 2009:
 * Most research libraries have had or continue to have a "mendery" where repair work takes place.
 * 1) An establishment in which clothes are repaired.