Rounce, n.

n. [Cf. Fr. ronce, bramble, brier, thorn, O. Fr. roncie, a kind of armor, a scythe, Fr. ranche, a round, step, rack.] (Print.) The handle of a printing-press by which the carriage on which the form to be printed is laid, is run in under the platen and out again;—sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen. Brande.