noun
- Plural of linecasting; metal type or slugs produced by a linecasting machine, used in letterpress printing.
Usage: printing; historical; technical
Examples
- The printer stored boxes of linecastings in the back room of the shop.
- Linecastings from the Linotype machine were arranged in the composing frame.
- The newspaper's production relied on linecastings to set headlines quickly.
- Workers sorted through linecastings to find the correct fonts for the job.