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Webster 1913 Edition


Rounce

Rounce

(rouns)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
ronce
bramble, brier, thorn,
ranche
a round, step, rack, or E.
round
.]
(Print.)
The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; – sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rounce

ROUNCE

,
Noun.
rouns'. The handle of a printing press.

Definition 2024


rounce

rounce

English

Noun

rounce (plural rounces)

  1. (printing) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
  2. (printing) The whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.