English Dictionary

composing rule

名詞

歴史的

(printing, historical) A thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted.

日本語の意味

活版印刷において、組版棒の中で活字を並べる際に、活字の配置基準として用いられる、薄いブラスまたは鋼鉄製の定規状具

The compositor slid a composing rule beneath the lines to lift the type cleanly from the stick.

組版士は、活字を組み棒からきれいに持ち上げるために、行の下に薄い真鍮または鋼の薄片を差し入れた。

意味（1）

(printing, historical) A thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted.

composing rules （ plural ）