spaceband

[ speys-band ]

Printing.

1. a wedge-shaped piece of metal used in typecasting machines to adjust the space between words and to justify lines of type.

spaceband

/ ˈspeɪsˌbænd /

noun

1. printing a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words

Word History and Origins

Origin of spaceband¹

First recorded in 1900–05; space + band ²