composing room

a room in which compositors work in a printing establishment.

Origin of composing room

First recorded in 1730–40

The foreman came in from the composing-room, told her gravely that the paper was overset, and departed with her copy.

Otherwise Phyllis |Meredith Nicholson
I gathered up all the High-Pocketses in the composing-room and lined them up.

Nine Men in Time |Noel Miller Loomis
And turning to one of his men, he said, "Go up to the composing-room and superintend the distribution of the type."

The Eternal City |Hall Caine
When this page-proof returns to the composing-room, and the final corrections are made in the types, they are sent to the foundry.

Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 |Various

These are the foreman of the composing-room, the foreman of the pressroom, and the foreman of the stereotyping-room.

Practical English Composition: Book II. |Edwin L. Miller

composing room

the room in a printing establishment in which type is set