Meanings
nounpointrel (plural pointrels)
plural pointrels
- An engraving tool.
Lay the rough plan upon the clean paper, on which you intend to draw the fair copy, press them close together by weights, and keep them as flat as possible; then with a pointrel, or needle point, prick through all the corners of the plan to be copied.
1803, George Adams, Geometrical and Graphical Essays
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