noun
- double or blurred impressions in printing caused by paper slipping or type shifting
Usage: printing
Examples
- The printer had to discard several pages due to mackles in the text.
- Quality control spotted mackles on the book covers before binding.
- The old printing press often produced mackles when the paper shifted.
- Mackles made the newspaper headlines difficult to read.
- The typesetter adjusted the machine to prevent mackles in the final run.