noun
writing desk
A desk specifically used for writing, often with a flat surface and sometimes drawers. Not as common as 机 (desk) in everyday speech, but still understood.
祖父の書斎には古い書き物机がある。
There is an old writing desk in my grandfather's study.
Compound of 書き物 (writing, things to write) + 机 (desk). The reading づくえ is a rendaku form of つくえ.