brass rubbing
1brass rubbing — noun 1. The process of copying the design on a church memorial brass, etc onto paper by laying the paper over the brass and rubbing it with coloured wax, chalk, etc 2. The copy so obtained • • • Main Entry: ↑brass * * * ˈbrass rubbing [brass… …
2Brass rubbing — was originally a largely British mania for reproducing onto paper Monumental brasses commemorative brass plaques found in churches, usually originally on the floor, from between the 13th and 16th centuries. The concept of recording textures of… …
3brass rubbing — brass rubbings N COUNT A brass rubbing is a picture made by placing a piece of paper over a brass plate that has writing or a picture on it, and rubbing it with a wax crayon …
4brass rubbing — brass ,rubbing noun uncount the activity of making a picture by putting a piece of paper over a BRASS in a church and rubbing something such as a pencil over it a. count a picture that someone has made in this way …
5brass rubbing — ► NOUN ▪ reproduction of the design on an engraved brass by rubbing heelball or chalk over paper laid on it …
6Brass Rubbing — Brass Rub|bing [ rʌbiŋ] das; [s] <aus engl. brass rubbing »Kopie einer Messingtafel«, eigtl. »das Abreiben«> Verfahren, gravierte Messingplatten mithilfe eines Druckverfahrens abzubilden …
7Brass rubbing — Abreibung eines Stempels im Rahmen der Einbandforschung Das brass rubbing ist eine grafische Abbildungstechnik, bei der wie bei einem Abklatsch das Oberflächenrelief eines Gegenstandes durch Abreiben, meist mit Kreide oder Bleistift, auf ein… …
8brass rubbing — UK / US noun Word forms brass rubbing : singular brass rubbing plural brass rubbings art a) [uncountable] the activity of making a picture by putting a piece of paper over a brass in a church and rubbing something such as a pencil over it b)… …
9brass-rubbing — /bras rub ing, brahs /, n. 1. an antiquarian s technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like. 2. a copy made by brass rubbing. Cf. rubbing (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * …
10brass-rubbing — /bras rub ing, brahs /, n. 1. an antiquarian s technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like. 2. a copy made by brass rubbing. Cf. rubbing (def. 2). [1885 90] …
