working drawing
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of working drawing
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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A similarly impressive five-foot-wide working drawing for the successful 1985 project to wrap the Pont Neuf in Paris raised about $569,000, and one of Christo’s sought-after early “Package” sculptures, dating from 1961, took $626,400.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2021
Undaunted, she carried on working, drawing, sculpting and making installations.
From Economist • Sep. 21, 2017
He also appeared to be some sort of mechanic; one ransom note had a careful working drawing of the sort of box in which he wanted the money delivered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Knowing nothing of mechanical drawing, and but very little of construction of any kind, he nevertheless devised a pretty fair-looking boat and not a bad working drawing.
From Opportunities in Engineering by Horton, Charles M. (Charles Marcus)
These, very carefully put together, made a working drawing for my tapestry copy, and the lighter photograph, which had been most carefully water-colored, gave the color guide for the copy.
From The Development of Embroidery in America by Wheeler, Candace
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