\Cu*nab"u*la\ (k?-n?b"?-l?), n. pl. [L., a cradle,
earliest abode, fr. cunae cradle.]
1. The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals;
   as, the cunabula of the human race.
2. (Bibliography) The extant copies of the first or earliest
   printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th
   century.