BRASS-RUBBING


Meaning of BRASS-RUBBING in English

/bras"rub'ing, brahs"-/ , n.

1. an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like.

2. a copy made by brass-rubbing. Cf. rubbing (def. 2).

[ 1885-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .