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brass rubbing

brass rubbing noun: the technique of making a paper copy of a brass-plate engraving by placing a sheet of paper over the plate and rubbing with a crayon.

brass rubbing: the technique of making a paper copy of a brass-plate engraving by placing a sheet of paper over...
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Noun

brass rubbing (countable and uncountable, plural brass rubbings)

  1. (uncountable) The technique of making a paper copy of a brass-plate engraving by placing a sheet of paper over the plate and rubbing with a crayon.
  2. (countable) A copy so created.

Forms of brass rubbing

pluralbrass rubbings

Questions about brass rubbing

What does brass rubbing mean?
Brass rubbing means the technique of making a paper copy of a brass-plate engraving by placing a sheet of paper over the plate and rubbing with a crayon.
What part of speech is brass rubbing?
Brass rubbing is a noun.
What is the plural of brass rubbing?
The plural of brass rubbing is brass rubbings.

Words near brass rubbing in the dictionary

  1. brass rats
  2. brass razoo
  3. brass razoos
  4. brass ring
  5. brass rings
  6. brass rubbing
  7. brass section
  8. brass sections
  9. brass shakes
  10. brass up
  11. brass wool

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