ichnography

American  

[ik-nog-ruh-fee] / ɪkˈnɒg rə fi /

noun

plural

ichnographies

1. the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.

2. a ground plan or layout of a building; a horizontal representation of a building.

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ichnography British  

/ ˌɪknəˈɡræfɪk, ɪkˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the art of drawing ground plans

2. the ground plan of a building, factory, etc

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Other Word Forms

• ichnographic adjective
• ichnographical adjective
• ichnographically adverb

Etymology

Origin of ichnography

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French ichnographie or directly from Latin ichnographia “ground plan, building plot,” from Greek ichnographía “a tracing out, ground plan”; ichno- ( def. ), -graphy

Example Sentences

From Egypt and Palestine the ichnography spread far and wide.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Already a ground-plan, or ichnography, has been laid down of the future colonial empire.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various

Plan No. 2 furninshes the ichnography of the distinctly monastic buildings on a larger scale.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg