spaceband

[ speys-band ]
/ ˈspeɪsˌbænd /

Printing.

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

Origin of spaceband

First recorded in 1900–05; space + band2

British Dictionary definitions for spaceband

spaceband
/ (ˈspeɪsˌbænd) /

noun

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