English Explanatory Dictionary

punchcutting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The craft of cutting letter punches in steel from which matrices were made in copper for type founding in the letterpress era.

Word forms

punchcutting

Etymology

From punch + cutting.

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