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typesetter's case is a noun meaning "(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers". It carries one recorded sense.
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
“for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters”
printing
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for typesetter's case come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.