red-pencil

[red-pen-suhl]

verb (used with object)

red-penciled, red-penciling , red-pencilled, red-pencilling .

1. to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead.

   His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance.

red-pencil

verb

1. (tr) to revise or correct (a book, manuscript, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of red-pencil¹

First recorded in 1955–60