1. A block or plate that has been engraved.
2. A print made from an engraving.
3. Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them; SYN. etching.
Art of creating a design by means of inscribing blocks of metal, wood, or some other hard material with a point. With intaglio printing the design is cut into the surface of a plate, usually metal. It is these cuts, often very fine, which hold the ink. In relief printing, by contrast, it is the areas left when the rest has been cut away which are inked for printing. See printmaking.