gravure

[gruh-vyoo r, grey-vyer]

noun

an intaglio process of photomechanical printing, such as photogravure or rotogravure.

a print produced by gravure.

the metal or wooden plate used in photogravure.

Origin of gravure

1875–80; < French, equivalent to grav(er) to engrave < Germanic (see grave³) + -ure -ure

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Examples from the Web for gravure

Historical Examples of gravure

When this is done, the gravure can be rolled over by aid of this roller.
The Progress of the Marbling Art
Josef Halfer
By this means the ornament of the gravure is transferred to the roller composition.
The Progress of the Marbling Art
Josef Halfer
He frequently decorated his flatware with a refined etching or gravure, his hollow ware with reeding.
Seaport in Virginia
Gay Montague Moore
The engravers of the last century used to call it gravure en manière de crayon.
A Treatise on Etching
Maxime Lalanne

British Dictionary definitions for gravure

gravure

noun

a method of intaglio printing using a plate with many small etched recessesSee also rotogravure

See photogravure

matter printed by this process

Word Origin for gravure

C19: from French, from graver to engrave, of Germanic origin; see grave ³

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Word Origin and History for gravure

1893, short for photogravure, from gravure, from grave (v.) + -ure.