Crossword clues for gravure
gravure
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
gravure
1893, short for photogravure, from gravure, from grave (v.) + -ure.
Wiktionary
gravure
n. (context arts printing English) A type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.
WordNet
gravure
n. a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate; the plate is smeared with ink and wiped clean, then the ink left in the recesses makes the print [syn: intaglio printing, intaglio]
a printing plate used in the process of gravure
an intaglio print produced by gravure [syn: photogravure, heliogravure]
intaglio printing
Usage examples of "gravure".
Unfortunately, only three hundred complete sets of the illustrations were completed by the gravure process so that the missing illustrations are reproduced in this volume by the Aquatone process.