(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 18:44:36
wok-on-the-wall = W = WOMBAT

womb box n.

1. [TMRC] Storage space for equipment. 2. [proposed] A variety of hard-shell equipment case with heavy interior padding and/or shaped carrier cutouts in a foam-rubber matrix; mundanely called a `flight case'. Used for delicate test equipment, electronics, and musical instruments.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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