Meaning Of The Word Brass rubbing

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brass rubbing
countable noun: A brass rubbing is a picture made by placing a piece of paper over a brass plate that has writing or a picture on it, and rubbing it with a wax crayon.

brass rubbing in British English
noun: the taking of an impression of an engraved brass tablet or plaque by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing the paper with graphite, heelball, or chalk

brass-rubbing in American English
noun: an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like

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