| 释义 |
‖ criblé, n. (and a.)|krible|
[Fr.: see cribbled ppl. a.]
A type of engraving on wood or metal (see quots.). Also as adj., engraved in this way, = cribbled ppl. a.
1879Encycl. Brit. VIII. 437/1 A kind of wood engraving ..called the criblé... It means, riddled with small holes... The effect of light and dark is produced in this kind of engraving by sinking a great number of round holes of different diameters in the substance of the wood, which, of course, all come white in the printing. 1960G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 91/2 Criblé, minute punctures or depressions made in surfaces of wood or metal... Criblé backgrounds can be used to lighten borders which would appear too dark. |