copperplate

Meanings

1. A copper plate, either etched or engraved, to make a recessed pattern.
2. A print made from such a plate.
3. A style of handwriting based on that used on such prints; English round hand.

1. To engrave on and print from a copperplate.

Etymology

From copper + plate. For the plate used for engraving: in the 1660s. As a term for the printed product: from 1817. Of the especially clear writing used in such prints: from the 1820s. Use as a verb (the past participle copperplated) is from 1822.