Floor covering; the kind printers use (8)
I believe the answer is:
linotype
'printers use' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'floor covering the kind' is the wordplay.
'floor covering' becomes 'lino' (short for linoleum).
'the kind' becomes 'type' (type is a kind of kind).
'lino'+'type'='LINOTYPE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for linotype that I've seen before include "Old composing machine produced words in metal strips" , "Composing machine that produces lines of words in strips of metal" , "Old-style typesetting machine" .)