platen gaugen. now historical and rare an attachment to the platen of a printing press, used to hold the paper in position; = lay gaugen. at layn.7 Compounds.
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1878 Halleck in Sci. Amer.39 338/1 A New Platen Gauge..applied to the platen of a printing press for holding and guiding the paper that is printed upon.