wood engraving

noun

1

: a relief printing surface consisting of a wooden block with a usually pictorial design cut in the end grain

2

: a print from a wood engraving

Examples of wood engraving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Early in her career, Garwood excelled at wood engraving, said Florence Hallett on the i news site. — The Week Uk, theweek, 6 Dec. 2024

If his anatomy was a bit Gumbyish and his faces were little more than masks, his drawings had enough panache to survive the ossifying translation into wood engraving. — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022

There are oil paintings, wood engravings, drawings, maps, costumes and photographs, but the show is especially rich in Homer’s ravishing watercolors. — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019

An 1868 wood engraving of Harriet Tubman by John Darby shows Tubman dressed as a scout for the Union Army holding a large rifle with her hands curiously placed over the barrel of the gun. — Kim Sajet, Smithsonian, 23 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for wood engraving

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Kids Definition

wood engraving

noun

1

: a printing surface consisting of a design cut into a block of wood

2

: a print from a wood engraving