copperplate

Etymology
From. 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.

Noun

 * 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.
 * 4) * 1999. Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 36 (2001 Perennial paperback edition).
 * The village school was a fine school He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand.

Verb

 * 1) To engrave on and print from a copperplate.