scraperboard

[ skrey-per-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. scratchboard.

scraperboard

/ ˈskreɪpəˌbɔːd /

noun

1. thin card covered with a layer of white china clay and a black top layer of Indian ink, which can be scraped away with a special tool to leave a white line
2. a picture or design produced in this way

Word History and Origins

Origin of scraperboard¹

First recorded in 1890–95; scraper + board

Example Sentences

Some of the Tobiases' small, delicately painted, translucent heads are more like photographic negatives of ghosts, or scraperboard illustrations of long-dead relatives.

From The Guardian