copperplate

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.
2. (countable, uncountable) A print made from such a plate.
3. (countable, uncountable) A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.

Verb

To engrave on and print from a copperplate.

Conceptos

grabado en cobre

Sinónimos

copperplate engraving

copperplate hand

copperplate handwriting

copper

neat handwriting

etching

copper engraving

engraving

Traducciones

Kupferstich

verkupfern

πλαξ χαλκογραφική

χαλκογραφία

χαλκογραφική πλάκα

cuivrer

verkoperen

koperdruk

kopergravure

talho-doce

Etimología (Inglés)

From copper + plate.
For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s.
As a term for the printed product: from 1817.
Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s.
Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822.