galley setting
Printing term: the process or result of setting type in a galley for proofing.
The editor hurried the proofreading of the galley setting.
Archaic term for a companion or workmate; now obsolete.
In the Edo period, palanquin bearers walked through town carrying the palanquin.
He reunited with an old comrade from the past.
Standard kanji spelling for the printing term.
Abbreviated spelling, also used.
Compound of 棒 (bō, 'pole, rod') and 組み (kumi, 'set, group'). The printing sense derives from the galley tray resembling a pole or bar; the archaic senses likely refer to a group of people carrying a pole (palanquin) or a band of companions.