brass rubbing
English
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Brass rubbing taken from a 15th-century grave at Haccombe Church, Devon, England
Noun
brass rubbing (countable and uncountable, plural brass rubbings)
- (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.
- (countable) A copy so created.