copperplate

noun

cop·​per·​plate ˈkä-pər-ˌplāt 

1

: an engraved or etched copper printing plate

also : a print made from such a plate

2

: a neat script handwriting based on engraved models

Examples of copperplate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The resulting copperplate is dated July 4, 1823. —Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2020

For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor. —Peter Saenger, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021

Those include open studio time every Monday afternoon, as well as copperplate etching with a master printmaker; monotype etching classes; drawing from the south; oil and watercolor painting classes; and Leonardo's Legacy classes. —Sheila D. Grissett, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021

Small wooden doors with the owners’ names painted in copperplate. —Steve King, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2018

In Rothenburg, Germany, appreciate the printmakers selling etchings made with the same copperplate techniques that artist Albrecht Duerer used 500 years ago. —Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 25 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1663, in the meaning defined at sense 1