释义 |
linocut|ˈlaɪnəʊkʌt| [f. linoleum + cut n.2] A design cut in relief on a block of linoleum; a print obtained from this. Hence lino-cutting vbl. n.; lino-cutter, a person who makes linocuts; also, a tool used in lino-cutting.
1907C. E. Dawson in Process Engravers' Monthly Jan. 14 (title) Lino-cuts. A new method in blockmaking for posters and other bold work. Ibid. 16 This work, which I call lino-cutting, is..so easy that almost any simple design can be cut double crown size in an evening. Ibid. Feb. 28 Old chapbooks..are most usefully suggestive to the lino-cutter. 1919R. Fry Let. 19 Nov. (1972) II. 471 Get Pamela to show you the lino-cut she did of a swan. 1927C. Flight Lino-Cuts iii. 19 The chief difficulties in lino-cut colour printing lie..in the arrangement of the design in form and colour. 1948H. Missingham Student's Guide Commercial Art 71 No. 5 lino cutter, a sharp steel blade on a pen-nib shank, which can either be used in the normal lino tool handle or in a penholder. 1956J. Symons Paper Chase xvii. 137 Round the walls were a variety of paintings ranging from collages to linocuts. 1972J. Mann Mrs Knox's Profession xv. 116 One of those triangular blades screwed into a thick handle—a lino cutter. 1973Times 6 Oct. 14/7 Miss Enid Lawrence..was a versatile artist, painter, lino-cutter... Her name is particularly associated with that of Claude Flight and the development of the lino-cut. |