Sekirov Dictionary

copperplate

/ˈkɑpərˌpleɪt/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.
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A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.
- The village school was a fine school […] He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand. — 1999
A print made from such a plate.

verb1

To engrave on and print from a copperplate.

forms

copperplated · copperplating · copperplates

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