copperplate
cop·perp·late
noun
1.
a fine style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings
2.
a print made from an engraved copperplate
Origin
From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: 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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