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copperplate

[ kop-er-pleyt ]

noun

  1. a plate of polished copper on which a writing, picture, or design is made by engraving or etching.
  2. a print or impression from such a plate.
  3. engraving or printing of this kind.
  4. a fine, elegant style of handwriting.


copperplate

/ ˈkɒpəˌpleɪt /

noun

  1. a polished copper plate on which a design has been etched or engraved
  2. a print taken from such a plate
  3. a fine handwriting based upon that used on copperplate engravings
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of copperplate1

First recorded in 1655–65; copper 1 + plate 1
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Example Sentences

The same remark is applicable to most of the copperplate and lithographic portraits of Beethoven.

I give a reproduction which suggests somewhat the effect of the famous copperplate of Erasmus.

The outside of it looked all right, with its address in Thompson's neat copperplate.

It wasn't written on in Thompson's neat copperplate or in his neat phrases, either.

It was written in Thompson's careful, back-number copperplate, perhaps not so careful as usual, but his unmistakably.

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