noun
galley setting
Printing term: the process or result of setting type in a galley for proofing.
編集者は棒組みの校正を急いだ。
The editor hurried the proofreading of the galley setting.
noun
Archaic term for a person who carries a palanquin.
江戸時代、棒組みは駕籠を担いで町を歩いた。
In the Edo period, palanquin bearers walked through town carrying the palanquin.
noun
Archaic term for a companion or workmate; now obsolete.
彼は昔の棒組みと再会した。
He reunited with an old comrade from the past.
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.