typebar

Etymology

From type + bar.

typebar means in some typewriters, an arm actuated by pressing the keys that carried the type to strike the ribbon to form a letter. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

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.”