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line drawing

A drawing made with lines only, especially one used as copy for a line cut.

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line drawing

(Art Terms) a drawing made with lines only, gradations in tone being provided by the spacing and thickness of the lines

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line′ draw`ing

a drawing done exclusively in line.

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Noun

line drawing - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

limning, delineation, depiction

animalization - a depiction in the form of an animal

drawing - a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"

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line drawing

n → disegno a tratteggio

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