ichnography

[ ik-nog-ruh-fee ]

noun

, plural ich·nog·ra·phies.

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.

ichnography

/ ˌɪknəˈɡræfɪk; ɪkˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the art of drawing ground plans
2. the ground plan of a building, factory, etc

Derived Forms

• ichnographic, adjective
• ˌichnoˈgraphically, adverb

Other Words From

• ich·no·graph·ic [ik-n, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
• ich·no·graph·i·cal adjective
• ich·no·graph·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ichnography¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ichnography¹

C16: from Latin ichnographia, from Greek ikhnographia, from ikhnos trace, track

Example Sentences

They are marked on an old map of the borough, classically described as the "Ichnography or ground plan of Guildford."

From Project Gutenberg

The Ichnography of Rome, in the fine collection of antiquities in the Palazzo Farnese, was found in the temple of Romulus and Remus, which is now dedicated to Sts.

From Project Gutenberg

He told the Company, frankly, he did not understand what Ichnography meant:—But as for the Shape of a Pair of Breeches, as he had had the Advantage of cutting out so many hundred Pairs in his Life-Time, he hoped he might be allowed to know as much of the Matter as another Man.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

A few years since, comparatively speaking, people only knew their way from York to London, much less the objects on the road—now, by the economy of guide books they may know every good inn in France, and carry the ichnography of the kingdom in their coat pocket.

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