单词 | woodcut |
释义 | woodcutn. A design cut in relief on a block of wood, for printing from; a print or impression obtained from this; a wood-engraving. (Formerly more frequently called wooden cut: see wooden cut n. at wooden adj. Compounds 2.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > wood engraving and cutting > xylographic material > design or print woodcut1662 wooden cut1683 wood-engraving1816 wood-print1816 lignograph1844 xylograph1864 chromoxylograph1868 Japanese printc1895 1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura iv. 84 All those excellent Wood Cuts of Hans Schinflyn and Adam Altorf. 1816 W. Y. Ottley Inq. Early Hist. Engraving I. 102 The wood-cuts, which constitute what are termed the old block-books. 1836 C. Dickens Let. 10 Feb. (1965) I. 129 A new publication..each number to contain four wood cuts. 1857 H. Spencer in Westm. Rev. Apr. 460 The woodcuts of the Illustrated London News. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1662 |
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