Copperplate Definition

kŏpər-plāt
copperplates
noun
copperplates
A flat piece of copper etched or engraved for printing.
Webster's New World
A print made from this.
Webster's New World
A printing or engraving process using copperplate.
Webster's New World
In calligraphy, a graceful style of handwriting, patterned after copperplate etchings.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • copperplate engraving
verb
To engrave on and print from a copperplate.
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Other Word Forms of Copperplate

Noun

Singular:
copperplate
Plural:
copperplates

Origin of Copperplate

  • copper+plate, also spelled copper-plate or copper plate. For the plate used for engraving itself in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822.

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Copperplate Sentence Examples

  • In copperplate printing the whole of the plate is first inked, the flat surface is then cleaned, leaving ink in the incisions or trenches cut by the engraver, so that, when dampened paper is laid over the plate and pressure is brought to bear, the paper sinks into the incisions and takes up the ink, which makes an impression in line or lines on the paper.

  • In 1700 Brancovan had a map of the country made and a copperplate engraving of it executed at Padua.

  • These were woodcut maps but engraved in the ' copperplate ' manner.

  • He claimed to have invented the process of mezzotint, a method of copperplate engraving.

  • Notes on cards in copperplate handwriting in scented envelopes delivered by discreet footmen are how it should be.

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