释义 |
ret·rous·sage I. \ˌre.trəˈsäzh\ noun (-s) Etymology: French, act of tucking up, turning up, from retrousser to tuck up, turn up + -age : the wiping of an inked engraved plate with a cloth so as to draw up a slight amount of ink to the edges of the filled lines and soften the definition of the lines when printed II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to treat (an engraved plate) by retroussage |