rubbing
An impression of an embossed or incised surface made by placing a piece of paper over it and rubbing with graphite, crayon or other coloring agent.
A kind of
- representation
Related words
- allorubbing
- rubbingly
- beach rubbing
- brass rubbing
- rubbing alcohol
- rubbing machine
- rubbing off
- rubbing oil
- rubbing post
- rubbing stone
- rubbing strip
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "rubbinge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rubbing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.