Typebar
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 In some typewriters, an arm actuated by pressing the keys that carried the type to strike the ribbon to form a letter.
"The speedy, well-engineered Underwood was eventually so successful that within a couple of decades, the vast majority of typewriters followed its model: They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon."
Example
More examples"The speedy, well-engineered Underwood was eventually so successful that within a couple of decades, the vast majority of typewriters followed its model: They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon."
Etymology
From type + bar.
More for "typebar"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.