engraving
n. C / Un. a picture or design made by cutting lines into a hard surface like metal, wood, or glass. It can also mean the act of making these marks.
n. a print made from an incised plate, or the process of incising a design into a hard surface. Often used to refer to the physical object produced by this technique.
The old book contains a beautiful engraving of the city.
The artist spent weeks on the intricate engraving, carefully carving every detail into the copper plate.
Nineteenth-century journals often relied on steel engraving to produce the sharp, fine lines necessary for detailed botanical illustrations and architectural diagrams.
By surface analysis, engrave + -ing.
Uncountable when referring to the art form or process; countable when referring to a specific print or piece of art.