line engraving
a technique of engraving in which all effects are produced by variations in the width and density of lines incised with a burin.
a metal plate so engraved.
a print or picture made from it.
Origin of line engraving
1Other words from line engraving
- line engraver, noun
Words Nearby line engraving
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How to use line engraving in a sentence
Line-engraving is now practically obsolete, while etching and mezzotint have recently come more and more to the front.
As a work of art, we repeat, this is beyond question the finest instance of line-engraving yet executed on this continent.
The label is a fine piece of line engraving, but we have been unable to ascertain the size of the sheets in which it was printed.
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery | Clifton Armstrong HowesRembrandt was more directly associated with etching than with line engraving, but his influence was far from exclusive.
Engraving for Illustration | Joseph KirkbrideIn line etching, as in line engraving, the great masters purposely exhibit the line and do not hide it under too much shading.
British Dictionary definitions for line-engraving
the art or process of hand-engraving in intaglio and copper plate
a plate so engraved
a print taken from such a plate
Derived forms of line-engraving
- line-engraver, noun
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