a flat hard surface upon which pages printed from hot metal are imposed
imposing stone in American English
noun
Printing
a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done
Also called: imposing table
Word origin
[1720–30]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: arrangement, catchword, fantail, joker, stylus
Examples of 'imposing stone' in a sentence
imposing stone
Through the arch of dappled leaves, Anna could only just glimpse a turreted house with an imposing stone facade.