noun
- plural of stickful; amounts of type matter set in composing sticks
Usage: printing; technical
Examples
- The compositor prepared several stickfuls of type for the morning edition.
- Each apprentice was required to set at least three stickfuls per hour.
- The foreman inspected the stickfuls before they went to the galley.
- Old printing shops would measure productivity in stickfuls completed daily.
- The typesetter’s skill was evident in his neat, uniform stickfuls.