I. ˌre.trəˈsäzh noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, act of tucking up, turning up, from retrousser to tuck up, turn up + -age
: the wiping of an inked engraved plate with a cloth so as to draw up a slight amount of ink to the edges of the filled lines and soften the definition of the lines when printed
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to treat (an engraved plate) by retroussage