English

linecasting

From line + casting.

A compound of line + casting

Proto-Germanic *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Middle English castyng

Today it means

noun The use of a linecaster to cast entire lines of type in metal slugs.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / linecasting