ébauchen.
/eɪˈbɔːʃ//eɪˈbəʊʃ/ 1. Painting and Sculpture. A sketch, an outline drawing; a maquette, a rough-hewn version. Also figurative, a first draft or attempt.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > rough or preliminary
skiagraphy1594
model1613
shadow1656
sketch1668
cartoona1684
schizzo1686
ébauche1722
scratch1752
croquis1805
galloping sketch1834
pochade1846
abbozzo1849
scribbling1863
thumbnail sketch1900
under-drawing1934
bozzetto1935
pensiero1959
1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 310 The Work is extremely Good; not highly Finish'd, but rather a sort of Ebauche.
1841 J. S. Mill Let. Aug. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 483 Its deficiencies, as is usually the case with an ébauche, are chiefly in the introductory part.
1844 J. S. Mill Ess. Polit. Econ. v. 126 As a mere anticipation or ébauche of a definition,..we do not quarrel with the received formula.
1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House III. xxviii. 107 His sketch..the hastily-designed and partly-coloured ébauche.
1958 Times 1 Feb. 8/5 A Deposition in our Sketch Club..would not have been out of place among the ébauches of..Tintoretto.
2. Horology. An unfinished watch movement, consisting of plates, bridges, etc.
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1929 G. H. Baillie Watches xii. 251 In England, the movement in grey consisted of an ébauche with train of wheels and pinions, all more or less in the rough.
1965 Economist 18 Dec. 1348/1 These [Swiss] firms make their own ébauches (the top and bottom plates of the movement and the train of gears and pinions within).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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