1. Ébauche d'un ouvrage de peinture, de sculpture, d'un roman, etc.
2. Amorce (d'un mouvement).
ETYM Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also French esquisse; cf. Esquisse.); cf. Italian schizzare to splash, to sketch.
(Irregular plural: sketches).
1. Brief description; SYN. vignette.
2. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration; SYN. study.
3. Short descriptive summary (of events); SYN. survey, resume.