cliché verre

noun

A method of either etching, painting or drawing on a transparent surface, such as glass or film, and printing the resulting image on light-sensitive paper in a photographic darkroom.

Meanings

nouncliché verre (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartA method of either etching, painting or drawing on a transparent surface, such as glass or film, and printing the resulting image on light-sensitive paper in a photographic darkroom.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French.

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