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detail drawing

American  

noun

Engineering.
  1. a drawing, at relatively large scale, of a part of a building, machine, etc., with dimensions or other information for use in construction.


detail drawing British  

noun

  1. a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This might have been prevented had the architect included a standard detail drawing showing exactly how high the foundation wall should be in relationship to all the ground around the house.

From Seattle Times May 1, 2023

Trim the bottom, as shown in the detail drawing, and then lay out the mortises for the front and back rails.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 2 by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

A detail drawing of the central stud is shown in fig.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low

The accompanying sketch and detail drawing show a design of a bedside stand.

From Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I by H. H. (Henry Haven) Windsor

The plates are models of detail drawing, and the text is in the form of notes lettered on the drawings.

From Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau Brown

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