engraving noun4 •The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it. •The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper. •A print produced from an engraving.He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. — 1963 •The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer. formsengravings